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EARLY RECORDS 

OK TUF. 

Township of Orange, 

FROM 1807 TO 184^, 



INCLUDING THE RECORDS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS. THE 

PROCEEDIN(;S OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, AND 

THE ROAD DISTRICTS AS LAID 

OUT IN 1S44, 



TO WHICH IS APPENDED 



Personal and Biographical Notes 

OF THE EARLY OFFICIALS OF THE TOWNSHIP 

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Bv jotha.m h. gondii. 



ORANCE, N.J. : 

The Chronicle Press. 

1897. 




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PREFACE. 



The following pages comprise the conients of the Record Book of the Annual 
Town Meetings of the Township of Orange from 1807 to 1845, the same being 
reproduced as nearly verbatim as modern types wiil allow. To these is added 
interesting extracts from the old Township Committee Book for the same series of 
years, and other interesting matter. 

The old record books were discovered by accident in the Orange National Bank 
building and were republished in the columns of The Orange Chronicle. 

Not the least interesting of the contents of this little book will be found the 
personal notes of the old residents which have been prepared with great care. They 
will be found to contain about all that is generally known of the old time officials 
of the ' Township of Orange." That some errors will inevitably creep into such 
an attempt at biographical sketches goes without saying, but it is thought that as a 
whole they are complete and reliable. 



CONTENTS. 



Town Meictixg Records, 
Township Committee Proceedings, 
Road Districts in 1844, . 



1-21 

22-2g 

30-31 



INDEX TO BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. 



Baldwin, Ethan N , . 


9 


Dodd, Daniel, 






5 


Baldwin, Isaac, 


17 


Dodd, Lewis, 






16 


Baldwin, Jeptha, 


8 


Dodd, Linus, 






12 


Baldwin, Josiah, 


6 


Dodd, Uzal, 






15 


Baldwin, Captain Thomas, 


2 


Dodd, Zebina, . 






16 


Ball Family 


5 


Freeman, Amos, 






8 


Ball, Joseph B 


5 


Freeman, Cyrus, 






9 


Ball, Timothy, 


5 


Freeman, Mary, 






8 


Brown, Joseph, 


7 


Harrison, Major Aaron, 






II 


Brown, Samuel, 


7 


Harrison, Abijah, 






2 


Bruen, Nathaniel, 


I 


Harrison, Abraham, . 






5 


Campbell Family, . . . 


16 


Harrison, Amos, 






I 


Campbell, Henry Benson, 


17 


Harrison, Ichabod, 






10 


Condit, Daniel, 


I 


Harrison, John, 






6 


Condit, Daniel D 


18 


Hedden. Caleb, 






13 


Condit, Japhia, 


12 


Jones, Cyrus, 






14 


Condit, Joel 


3 


Kilburn, Daniel, 






4 


Condit, Jonathan, Jr., 


9 


Kilburn, Jabez D., 






4 


Condit, Joseph, 


4 


Lindsley, John, 






2 


Condit, Jotham, 


7 


Lindsley, Samuel. 






9 


Condit, Moses, Jr., . 


8 


Lindsley, Wheeler, 






16 


Condit, Samuel, 


3 


Matthews, Isaac, 






11 


Condit, Uzal W 


17 


Matthews, Noah, 






3 


Condit, William, 


18 


Munn, David, 






3 


Corrections and Additions, 


20 


Munn, Isaac, 






14 


Day, Stephen D,, 


2 


Munn, Lewis, 






12 


Dean, John, .... 


2 


Munn, Samuel, . 






7 


Dean, Peter, .... 


5 


Peck, John, Jr., 






10 


DeCamp, Jonathan, 


18 


Peck, Peter, 






16 



VI 



Pierson, Enos, . 
Pierson, Erastus, 
Pierson, Dr. Isaac, 
Pierson, Major Jabez, 
Pierson, Matthias, Jr., 
Pierson, Captain Zenas, 
Quinby, John. 
Quinby, John, 
Quinby, Jotham, 
Reynolds, James, 
Smith, George Washington, 
Smith, Jonas, 
Soverel, William P., 
Squier, Nathan, 
Tichenor, Stephen, 



II Tillou, Joseph B., 

ID Ward, Daniel, . 
I Winans, Colonel Abram, 
ams, Amos, 
ams, Benjamin, Jr., 
ams, Caleb, 
ams, Daniel, 
ams, James, 
ams. Job, 
ams, Matthew, 
ams, Nathan, 
ams, Samuel, Jr., 
ams, Colonel William 
ams. Captain Zenas, 



6 


Will 


4 


Will 


4 


Will 


I 


Will 


17 


Will 


9 


Will 


15 


Will 


i8 


Will 


2 


Will 


i8 


Will 


I 


Will 



14 

lo 

3 

15 

13 

4 

I 

4 

19 
13 
15 
II 

8 
15 



TOWN MEETING RECORDS. 



1807. 

April 13th, 1S07. The first annual 
town meeting of the inhabitants of the 
Township of Orange was held at Orange 
Meeting house when the following Town 
officers were appointed and the following 
resolves were passed. 

Moderator, Amor Harrison Esq.; Town 
Clerk, &c., Henry Stryker; Assessor, 
Doctr. Isaac Pierson, Collector, Nathan 
Squire; Township Committee, Daniel 
Williams, John Dean, Abijah Harrison, 
Stephen D. Day, Thomas Baldwin; Sur- 
veyors of the Highway, Stephen Tich- 
enor, Jonas Smith; Judge of Election, 
Jabez B. Baldwin; Chosen Freeholders, 
John Lindsley, Esqr. Samuel Condit; 
Overseers of the Poor, Caleb Tichenor, 
John N. Baldwin; Committee of Appeal, 
David Meen, Jabez D. Kilburn, Abram 
Winans; Constables, John Ouinby, Noah 
Matthews; Pound Master, Thomas Bald- 
win; Overseers of the Roads, Asa Perry, 
Joel Condit, Capt. Zenas Pierson, James 
Williams, Caleb Williams, Danl. Kil- 
burn, Cyrenus Baldwin, Joseph Condit, 
Matthias Pierson, Jr.. David Meen, Peter 
Dean Daniel Dod, John Hedden, Jabez 
D. Kilburn, Stephen Jaggers, John Earl, 
Abraham Harrison, Thomas Baldwin, 
Joseph B. Ball, Timothy Ball, Daniel 
Edwards. 

Resolves passed. That the Dog tax 
be appropriated to support the poor. 
That the business of the poor be left in 
the hands of the Overseers. That the 
sum of three hundred & 50 dollars be 
raised for the support of the poor the 
present year. That the pound master 
shall adverhse three weeks in a public 
paper before sale. That the next town 
meeting be held at Thomas Bucbee's. 
That the election for the present year 
open at John Ming's and close at Samuel 
Mean's. 

Henry Stryker, Clk. 

1 808. 

April the nth, 1808. The second an- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held at 
Orange Meeting house when the follow- 
ing Town officers were appointed and 
the following resolves were passed. 

Moderator, Amos Harrison, Esqr.,; 
Town Clerk, Caleb Quinby; Assessor, 



Nathan Squire; Collector, John Quinby; 
Town Committee, Stephen D. Day. 
Thomas Baldwin, Daniel Williams, 
Jabez Pierson, Samuel Condit; Sur- 
veyors of the Highways, John Harrison, 
Josiah Baldwin; Overseers of the Poor, 
Caleb Tichenor, John N. Baldwin; 
Chosen Freeholders, Amos Harrison, 
Esqr., John Lindsley, Esqr.,; Commis- 
sioners of Appeals, Abraham Winans, 
Samuel Brown, Jonas Smith; Constables, 
Noah Matthews, Samuel Munn; Road 
Masters, Isaac Looker, John Corby, 
Samuel Williams, Jr., Zenas Pierson, 
Abijah Harrison, David Ogden, Jotham 
Condit, Jonathan Baldwin, Joseph Tay- 
lor, Moses Condit, Jr., Wm. Williams, 
Amos Freeman, Jeptha Baldwin, John 
Rewk, Henry Osborn, Moses Hand, 
Cyrus Freeman, Jotham Quinby, Moses 
O. Baker, Ethan Baldwin, Abner Cro- 
wd. 

Resolves Passed, that the poor be 
farmed out to the lowest bider: that the 
sum of Six hundred and fifty Dollars be 
Raised for the Support of the poor the 
present year : that all the fines and 
astrays goes to the farmers of the poor 
the poor farmed out to Samuel Purey for 
the sum of three hundred and ninety-six 
dollars and twenty-five cents : that dog 
tax be appropriated to the support of the 
poor: that if any of the poor that is in 
dispute fall on this township that they 
Remain in the hands of the said over- 
seers of the poor: that the overseers of 
the poor attend to the tuition of poor 
children: that if any of the poor that is 
farmed out that do not belong to this 
township the farmer to receive the same 
proportion of pay as in the first sale 
thereof, that the Election for the present 
year open at John Woodruff at Camp- 
town and Close at Moses Condit jr's 
Orange: that the next annual town meet- 
ing open at Samuel Munn at Orange. 
Caleb Quinby, Clk. 

1809. 

April 10, iSog The third annual Town 
meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town- 
ship of Orange was held at Orange 
Meeting house when the following Town 
officers were appointed, and the follow- 
ing resolves were passed. Moderator, 
Major Jabez Pierson; Town Clerk, Nathl. 



Bruen; Assessor, Dr. Isaac Pierson; 
Collector, John Quimby; Town Com- 
mittee, Daniel Williams, Abm. Winans, 
Saml. Condit, Capt. Thomas Baldwin, 
Josiah Baldwin; Surveyors of the High- 
way, Stephen Tichenor, Jonas Smith; 
Judge of Election, Samuel Munn; Over- 
seers of the Poor, Capt. Caleb Tichenor, 
John N. Baldwin; Freeholders, Samuel 
Condit, Samuel Lyndsley; Commission- 
ers of Appeal, Abijah Harrison Daniel 
Dod, Abm. Harrison; Constables, Noah 
Matthews, Peter Dean, Nathan Tichenor; 
Overseers of the Highway, Jonathan 
Condit, junr. John Corby, Erastus Pier- 
son, Henery Townley, John Williams, 
Daniel Ward, Ichd. Harrison, Ezra Bald- 
win, Joseph Condit, Abm. Winans, John 
Peck Jun. Amos Freeman, William 
Stockman, Abner L. Kilburn, Elias 
Osburn, Deacon Saml. Pierson, Enos 
Tompkins, Aron Quimby, Joseph Dur- 
and, Capt. Thomas Baldwin, Thomas 
Tichenor. 

Resolves Passed. That the Township 
unite with the county in building a poor 
house. That the poor Shall be farmed 
out this year in the same manner that 
they where the last year & that the edu- 
cation of the poor Children shall be 
under the direction of the Overseers at 
the expense of the Township. That the 
emoluments arising from the Dog-tax be 
appropriated for the support of the poor. 
That the money arising from the sale of 
strays be paid to those who farm the 
poor, & that the farmer .indemnify the 
Town against any additional expense for 
the present year on account of the poor. 
The poor farmed out to John N. Baldwin 
for Three hundred & eighty nine Dollars. 
That six hundred Dollars be raised for 
the support of the poor the present year. 
That any person suffering their Swine 
after the age of three months to run in 
the public highway without a ring in the 
nose from the ist of May to the ist of 
November shall pay to the Overseers of 
the poor Seventy-five Cents each for the 
use of the Township & that it shall be 
the duty of the Overseers of the poor on 
complaint to prosecute for the same. 
That the bal. on hand due to the Town- 
ship held by Stephen Day be disposed of 
by the Town committee to the best ad- 
vantage at interest. That the next elec- 
tion for Members of Assembly & other 
officers be opened at Henery Squire's & 
closed at Saml. Munn's. 

Nathl. Bruen, Clk. 
At the third annual Town Meeting the 
place for opening the fourth Annual T. 
Meeting was neglected, on account of 
which neglect a Special meeting of the 
Electors of the Township were called as 



the law directs which met at Samuel 
Munn's. Capt. Isaac Matthews was 
chosen Moderator. Resolved that the 
fourth Annual Town Meeting be opened 
at Samuel Munn's Hotel. 

Nathl. Bruen, Clk. 

1810. 

April 9, 1810. The fourth annual 
Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
Township of Orange was held at Orange 
Meeting House when the following Town 
officers were appointed and the follow- 
ing resolves passed. Moderator, Amos 
Harrison Esq.; Town Clerk, Nathl. 
Bruen; Assessor, Daniel Condit ; Collec- 
tor, John Quimby ; Town Committee, 
Thomas Baldwin, Daniel Williams, 
Stephen D. Day, Josias Baldwin, Saml. 
Condit.: Surveyors Highways, Jonas 
Smith, Daniel Dod ; Judge of Election, 
Samuel Munn; Overseers Poor, Caleb 
Tichenor, John N. Baldwin; Freeholders, 
Samuel Condit, Amos Harrison Esq., 
Commissioners of Appeal, Isaac Mat- 
thews, Abijah Harrison, Samuel Brown ; 
Constables, Noah Matthews, Peter Dean, 
John Hedden. Overseers of Highways, 
Enos Pierson, Joel Condit, Samuel 
Williams, junr. Zenas Pierson, Aron 
Harrison, Ebenezer Matthews, Linas 
Dod, Jonathan Baldwin, John Harrison, 
Peter Dean, Lewis Munn, Amos Free- 
man, Josias Baldwin, Ebenezer Havens, 
John Earl, Moses Hand, Cyrus Free- 
man, Jotham Quimby, Ezekiel Ball, 
Ethan Baldwin, Linas Ball. Resolves 
passed. That the Poor be farmed out 
this year in the same manner they were 

the last excepting & four 

children, the children to be bound out 
and a place provided with suitable ac- 
commodations for under the 

direction of the overseer. That Five 
hundred dollars be raised for the sup- 
port of the poor the present year. That 
the monies arising from the sale of strays 
be appropriated to the use of the Town- 
ship. That the money on hand due the 
Township be disposed of by the Town 
Committee the whole or in part as may 
be necessary in putting out the poor 
children, if any overplus to be loaned 
out at interest. That a pound be erected 
at Capt. Thomas Baldwin &: that Capt. 
T. Baldwin be the pound master. The 
swine tax to be continued in force from 
the present to the next annual Town 
Meeting. The Poor farmed out this 
year to Samuel Perry for Three hundred 
and sixty eight Dollars, & to indemnify 
the Town against any additional ex- 
pense, to provide cloathing & Provisions 
for them. 

8. That the Election for the present 



year open at Henery Squire's & close at 
Moses Condit Junr's. 

9. That the next Town Meeting open 
at Moses Condit, Jun. at Orange. 

Nathl. Bruen Clk. 
1811. 

April S, iSii. The fifth Annual Town 
meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town- 
ship of Orange was held at Orange Meet- 
ing House when the following Town 
officers were appointed & the following 
resolves passed. 

Moderator, Amos Harrison, Esq.; 
Town Clerk, Nathaniel Bruen ; Assessor, 
Daniel Condit, Junr. ; Collector, John 
Quimby ; Town Committee, Daniel 
Williams, Josias Baldwin, Capt. Thos. 
Baldwin, Stephen D. Day, Esqr., Aron 
Harrison ; Surveyors of Highway, 
Stephen Tichenor Junr. John Ball ; Judge 
of Election, Major Jabez Pierson ; Over- 
seers of the Poor, Samuel Condit, John 
N. Baldwin ; Freeholders, Amos Harri- 
son Esq. Samuel Lindsley ; Commis- 
sioners of Appeal, John Harrison, 
Samuel Brown, Daniel Dod; Constables, 
Noah Matthews, John Hedden ; Over- 
seers of Highway, John Perry, Israel 
Brundridge, Zephia Condit, Henery 
Townley, Benjamin Williams, Junr. 
Matthew Williams, Timothy Ward, John 
N. Campbell, Caleb Hedden, Capt. 
Moses Condit, Isaac Munn, Jabez Pier- 
son, Davis Kilburn, Moses Stockman, 
Doctr. W. Bonnel, Stephen Bruen, Joseph 
B. Telue, John Quinby, Capt. Abeel 
Hays, Ethan Baldwin. John Ball. Re- 
solves Passed, i. That the poor be 
farmed out this year to the lowest bid- 
der. That be included among 

the number of the poor farmed out the 
present year. That four children be- 
longing to the family of the Poor be 
bound out this year. (Then follow the 
names which are suppressed for obvious 
reasons.) That five hundred Dollars be 
raised for the support of the Poor the 
present year. That the Town commit- 
tee shall pay the funeral expenses of 
Stephen Osburn. That no pound shall 
be erected in the Township. That the 
Township unite with the county in build- 
ing a Poor house. The Poor farmed out 
this year to Aron Quinby for Three 
hundred and eighty six Dollars. That 
the election for the present year open at 
William Stockman's Camptown, & close 
at Samuel Munn's Orange. That the 
next Town meeting open on the green 
below the meeting house. Amos Har- 
rison, Moderator, Nathl. Bruen, Clk. 
1812. 

April 12, 1812. The Sixth Annual 
Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the 



Township of Orange was held at the 
meeting house when the following Town 
officers were appointed and the following 
resolves passed. 

Moderator, Amos Harrison Esq., Town 
Clerk Nathaniel Bruen ; Assessor, Daniel 
Condit,; Collector, John Quinby; Town 
Committee Daniel Dod, Enos Pierson, 
Abner Crowel, Josiah Baldwin, Abijah 
Harrison.; Surveyors of Highway Major 
Jabez Pierson, Daniel Kilburn; Judge of 
Election, Jeptha Baldwin ; Overseers of 
the Poor, John Harrison, Abm. Baldwin; 
Freeholders, Amos Harrison Esqr. 
Samuel Condit; Commissioners of Ap- 
peal, Capt. Jonas Smith, Simon Condit, 
Cyrus Jones.; Constables, Noah Mat- 
thews, John Hedden ; Overseers of 
Highway, Nathan Williams, Asa Perry, 
Amos Williams, Zenas Pierson, Zenas 
Williams, Joel Williams, Ichabod Harri- 
son, Lewis Dod, William Williams, 
Joseph Condit Junr., David Munn, Major 
Jabez Pierson, Benjamin Lindsley, 
Aron Hedden, Elias Osburn, Nathaniel 
B. Gardner Jacob Walker, Hiram Quin- 
by, Abm. Harrison, Ethan Baldwin, Job 
Crowel, James Reynolds. 

Resolves Passed. That the poor be 
farmed out this year to the lowest bid- 
der ; That Three Hundred Dollars be 
raised for the support of the Poor the 
present year ; That the Town Committee 
be instructed to procure a Book in which 
they are to designate and make out to 
each Overseer of the Highway his par- 
ticular district in such a manner as shall 
be distinctly understood ; A motion was 
made (and carried by vote to be laid over 
for the consideration of the next Town 
Meeting) for the destroying of destruc- 
tive birds. The poor farmed out this 
year to Asa Perry for Three hundred and 
fifty-eight dollars.; That the election for 
the present year open at the House of 
Henery Squire, (if the sign of public ad- 
mittance continue) otherwise at the 
house of William Stockman, Camp 
Town, & close at Moses Condit's ; That 
the next Town meeting open on the 
green below the meeting House. 
Amos Harrison Moderator, Nathaniel 
Bruen Clk. 

1813. 

April 12, 1813. The Seventh Annual 
Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
Township of Orange was held at the 
Meeting House when the following 
Town ofiicers were appointed and the fol- 
lowing resolves passed. 

Moderator, Amos Harrison, Esqr.,; 
Town Clerk, Nathaniel Bruen; Assessor, 
Daniel Condit, Junr.; Collector, John 
Quinby; Town Committee, Abijah Har- 



rison, Abner Crowel, Enos Pierson, 
Josiah Baldwin, Abraham Winans; Sur- 
veyors of Highways, Jonas Smith, Sam- 
uel Brown; Judge of Election, Noah Mat- 
thews; Overseers of the Poor, Abraham 
Baldwin, William Williams; Freeholders, 
Samuel Condit, Amos Harrison, Esqr. ; 
Commissioners of Appeal, Stephen Tich- 
enor, Samuel Brown, Joel Harrison; Con- 
stables, Josiah Leonard, John Reuck; 
Overseers of Highways, Reuben Ward, 
William Perry, Henery Townley, Stephen 
Tichenor, Uzal Dod, Caleb Hedden, Tim- 
othy Williams, Caleb Harrison, John 
Peck, Freeman, Benjamin Lindsley, 
Moses Osburn, Elihu Crowel, Timothy 
Ball, Cyrus Freeman, Ezra Gildersleeve, 
Joseph Durand, Stephen Hedley, Junr. 
Aron Crowel, Daniel Dod, Abijah Harri- 
son, Erastus Pierson, Jacob Harrison. 

Resolves passed. That Four hundred 
Dollars be raised for the support of the 
Poor the present year; That the Poor 
be farmed out the present year in the 
same manner they were the last with the 

exception of Mrs. . That the 

Overseers of the Highway for the present 
year be enjoined to render in to the Town 
Committee on the Second monday of 
May, next ensuing, the bounds of their 
several districts, with the number of per- 
sons and names employed in each; The 
Poor farmed out this year to Stephen 
Tichenor for Four hundred Dollars with 
whom it is understood the following per- 
sons are in connection. (Here follow the 

names.) Mrs. is to be provided 

for in a separate manner under the direc- 
tion of the Overseers. That the election 
for the present year open at Frederick 
Gruet's Camp Town & close at Ire Munn, 
Orange. That the next annual Town 
Meeting open on the green below the 
Meeting House. 

Amos Harrison Moderator, Nathl. Bruen, 
Clk. 

1814. 

April II 1814. The Eighth Annual 
Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
Township of Orange was held at the 
house of Moses Condit, Junr. when the 
following Town Officers were appointed. 

Moderator, Noah Matthews; Town 
Clerk, Daniel Kilburn;. Assessor, Daniel 
Condit, Junr.; Collector, John Quinby; 
Town Committee, Daniel Dod, Abijah 
Harrison, Abraham Winans, Josiah Bald- 
win, Abner Crowel.; Surveyors High- 
way, Moses Condit, Junr., Joel Harrison; 
Judge of Election, Noah Matthews; Over- 
seers of Poor, William Williams, Jeptha 
Baldwin; Free Holders, Samuel Condit, 
Nathan Squier; Commissioners of Ap- 
peal, Timothy Williams, Samuel Brown, 
Moses Condit; Constables, Josiah Leon- 



ard, John Reock; Overseers of the High- 
way, Ira Pierson, John Corby Junr., 
Henry Townly, Samuel Condit, Zebina 
Dod, Lewis Dod, Isaac Pierson, Daniel 
Lindsley, Cyrus Jones, John Hedden, 
John Lindsley, Esqr., Abraham Baldwin, 
John Taylor, Nathaniel Brown, Abrm. P. 
Meeker, Amos Harrison Junr., Abial 
Hayes, Ethan Baldwin, Joseph B. Ball, 
Daniel Porter, Moses R. Gardner, Jashia 
Condit, Jacob Walker. 

Resolves passed, ist. That Six Hun- 
dred Dollars be raised for the support of 
the poor the present year. 2d. That the 
poor be farmed out the present year in 
the same manner they were the last year. 
3d. The poor farmed out this year to 
John Perry, Junr., for five h^indred & 
seventy nine Dollars fifty Cents. 4th. 
That the Election for the present year 
open at the house of Frederick Gruet in 
Camp town and Close at the house of 
Moses Condit, Junr. in Orange. 5th. 
That the next Annual Town meeting 
open at the house of Ira Munn. Noah 
Matthews, Moderator, Daniel Kilburn 
Clk. 

In Consequence of the Refusal of Isaac 
Pierson to serve as Overseer of the High- 
way a special Town Meeting was Called 
agreeable to law — 

Major Abraham Winans was appointed 
Moderator. 

The meeting made choice of Daniel P. 
Stryker as overseer of the highway in the 
place of Isaac Pierson, declined. 
Orange May 5, 1S14. Abraham Winans, 
Moderator, Daniel Kilburn, Clk. 

1815. 
April 10, 1815. The ninth Annual 
town meeting of the inhabitants of the 
township of Orange was held at the house 
of Ira Munn when the following town 
officers were appointed. Moderator, 
Amos Harrison; Town Clerk, Daniel 
Kilburn; Assessor, Daniel Condit, Junr; 
Collector, John Quinby; Judge of Elec- 
tion, Jabez Pierson; Town Committee, 
Abraham Winans, Abijah Harrison, Ab- 
ner- Crowel, Josiah Baldwin, Nathan 
Williams; Surveyors of the Highway, 
Joel Harrison, Aaron Brown; Over- 
seers of the Poor, William Wil- 
liams, Jeptha Baldwin; Freehold- 
ers, Amos Harrison, Nathan Squier; 
Commissioners of Appeal, Moses 
Condit, Samael Brown; Constables, 
David Ball, John Reuck; Overseers of 
Highway, Moses S. Williams, Asa Perry, 
Henry Townley, Moses Williams Junr. 
Timothy Weirel, Jun'r. Noah Baldwin, 
Nathaniel Harrison, Noah Matthews, 
Isaac Munn, Job Brown, Uzal Baldwin, 
Abraham Baldwin, Nathan Tichenor, 
William Young, Samuel Freeman Junr. 



5 



Jonas Smith, Obadiah Crane, Isaac M. 
Tichenor, Aaron Ball, Moses Dodd, Ben- 
jamin Williams Junr, Daniel Williams 
Junr., Peter Peck. 

Resolves passed, ist. Resolved that 
One Thousand Dollars be raised for the 
support ot the Poor. 2d. Resolved that 
the poor of the Township be left in the 
hands of the Overseers of the poor to be 
provided for in such manner as they 
shall think proper. 3d. Resolved that the 
next Annual Election open at the house 
of Frederick Gruet's in Camp Town and 
close at the house of Ira Munn's. 4th. 
Resolved that the next Annual Town 
Meeting open at the house of Moses 
Condit, Junr. 

Orange .■Xpril loth 1815. Amos Harri- 
son, Moderator, Daniel Kilburn, Clerk. 
1816. 

April Sth 1816. The tenth annual 
Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
Township of Orange was holden on the 
Common opposite the House of Moses 
Condit Junr. when the following Town 
Officers were elected. Moderator, Amos 
Harrison; Town Clerk Daniel Babbit; 
Assessor, Daniel Condit Junr Collector. 
John Quinby; Judge of Election, Noah 
Matthews; Town Committee, Abraham 
Winans, Josiah Baldwin, Daniel Dod, 
Abijah Harrison, Abner Crowel, Sur- 
veyors of the Highway; Daniel Smith, 
Joel Harrison; Overseers of the Poor, 
Noah Matthews, Jeptha Baldwin; Chos- 
en Freeholders, Amos Harrison, Samu- 
el Condit. Commissioners of Appeal, 
Moses Condit Junr. Jonas Smith, Samu- 
el Brown; Constables, John Reock, Cy- 
rus Baldwin; Overseers of the Road, 
Lewis Pierson, John Corby, Joseph Pier- 
son Junr. Abraham Day. Abiel Dod, 
Lewis Dod, Isaac Matthews, Daniel 
Smith, Ichabod Jones, Amos Freeman, 
Jeptha Baldwin, .Savers Roberts, John 
S. aylor, Timothy Ball, Abrm. P. 
Meeker, John Quinby, Aron Allen, 
Ethan Baldwin, David J. Beach, Daniel 
Dod, Charles Harrison, Caleb Pierson, 
John Ensley. 

The poor of the township were set up 
at public sale & knocked off to Aron 
Quinby, for Seven Hundred & fifty Eight 
Dollars, & the town to be indemnified. 
Resolutions of the Town Meeting. 

1st. That the Poor of the Township be 
farmed out the present year. 2d. That 
one thousand Dollars be assessed on the 
Township, for the Support of the Poor 
the present year. 3d. That the Elections 
for the present year, open at Gruet's 
Tavern in Camptown & close at Moses 
Condit Junr's Tavern in Orange. 4th 
That the next annual Town Meeting 
be opened at the House where Ira Munn 



now lives. 5th. That this meeting: in- 
struct their Chosen Freeholders to use 
their influence with the Board of the 
Chosen Freeholders of the County at 
their next annual meeting in establish- 
ing a County Poor House — but, should 
they fail in this, that they request the 
Town Committee to call a Special Town 
meeting to consult on the Expediency of 
procuring a poor house for the use of the 
Township of Orange. 
Danl. Babbit, Clk. 

Amos Harrison, Moderator. 

Sept. 26th. 1816. A Special Town 
meeting convened at the house of Moses 
Condit Junr. agreeably to previous 
notice given when Col. Abrm. Winans 
was chosen Moderator. 

The Subject of providing a Poor 
House for the use of the Poor of the 
Township — the Object for which the 
Meeting was called — was taken up, dis- 
cussed, <!): the following Resolutions 
were unanimously adopted. 

1st. That the Town Committee be in- 
structed to make application to the 
Legislature of this State at their next 
Sitting, for a Law to exempt the Town- 
ship of Orange from their liability to 
pay their proportion of the Expenses of 
a County Poor House, on Condition that 
the Township of Orange should provide 
a House for the use of their own Poor. 

2d. That the Town Committee be in- 
structed to make diligent Enquiries, on 
what terms a suitable plan for the ac- 
commodation of the Poor may be ob- 
tained — & should the above mentioned 
Law be passed & other circumstances in 
their opinion render it necessary, that 
they be authorized and required to call 
a special Town Meeting to take the 
matter into consideration. 

3d. That Notice of the application 
about to be made to the Legislature be 
given in the public prints. Adjourned. 

D. Babbit, Clk. 

Abrm. Winans, Moderator. 

1817. 

The eleventh annual Town Meeting of 
the Inhabitants of the Township of 
Orange was held at the house of Daniel 
Kilburn, when the following Town offi- 
cers were duly elected. 

Moderator, Amos Harrison ; Town 
Clerk, Daniel Kilburn ; Assessor, Daniel 
Condit, Junr.; Collector, John Quinby ; 
Judge of Election, Jabez Pierson ; Town 
Committee, Jonas Smith, William Wil- 
liams, Josiah Baldwin, Daniel Dod, 
Abijah Harrison; Surveyors of High- 
way, Joel Harrison, Moses Condit, Junr. ; 
Overseers of Poor, Noah Matthews, 
Jeptha Baldwin ; Chosen Freeholders, 



Samuel Condit, Amos Harrison ; Com- 
missioners of Appeal, John Harrison, 
Samuel Brown, Timothy Williams ; Con- 
stables, John Reuck, Cyrus Baldwin ; 
Overseer of Roads, Ira Mun, Henry 
Meyers, Bethuel Harrison, Benjamin 
Mun, Junr., Jonathan Lindsley, Freder- 
ick Gruet, Isaac T. Tichenor, Stephen 
Bruen, Joseph B. Tillou, Caleb Smith, 
Obadiah Crane, Phineas Baldwin, Linas 
Ball, Daniel D. Condit, Benjamin Wil- 
liams, Junr., Bethuel Williams, Moses 
Harrison, John Perry, Junr., Ambrose 
Condit, Benjamin Townley, David D. 
Baldwin, Ichabod Harrison, Noah Bald- 
win. 

RKSOLUTIONS OF THE TOWN MEETING. 

1st. That all the Children belonging 
to the Town that are eight years old and 
upwards are to be bound out, the boys 
till they are fifteen years old, and the 
the girls until they are eighteen, with 
The exception of Nathaniel Condi'. 

2d. That the poor of the Township be 
farmed out for the present year. 

3d. That One Thousand Dollars be 
raised for the support of the poor the 
present year. 

4th That the Election for the present 
year open at the house of Isaac Combs 
in South Orange and Close at the house 
of Daniel Kilburn. 

5th. That the next annual Town 
Meeting open at the house of Moses 
Condit, Junr., at two o'clock P. M. 

6th. That this meeting instruct their 
Chosen Freeholders to apply to the Board 
of Freeholders of the County to build a 
County Poor House. 

The poor farmed out the present year 
to Moses Jones for Nine Hundred forty 
nine Dollars and the Town to be indem- 
nifyed. 

Daniel Kilburn, Clk. 

Amos Harrison, Moderator. 

1818. 

April 13th, 1818. The twelfth Annual 
Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
township of Orange was held at the 
house of Moses Condit, Junr. when the 
following town Officers were duly 
Elected. 

Moderator, Noah Matthews ; Town 
Clerk, Daniel Kilburn ; Assessor, Daniel 
Condit, Junr.; Collector, John Quinby ; 
Judge of Election, Noah Matthews ; 
Town Committae, Abijah Harrison, 
Abraham Winans, Abner Crowel, Nathan 
Williams, Jonas Smith ; Surveyors of 
Highway, Moses Condit, Junr. Daniel 
Smith ; Overseers of the Poor, Ncah 
Matthews, Jeptha Baldwin ; Freeholders, 
Amos Harrison, Josiah Baldwin ; Com- 



missioners of Appeal, John Harrison, 
Saml. Brown, Jabez D. Kilburn ; Con- 
stables, John Hedden, John Reock ; 
Overseers of Highway, Ezra Gilder- 
sleeve, Abial Hays, Ethan Baldwin, 
Joseph B. Ball, Daniel Dodd, Abiathar 
Harrison, Japhia Condit, Jotham Free- 
man, Benjamin Ward, Moses S. Brund- 
age, Samuel Pierson, Josiah Frost, Silas 
Munn, Lewis Dodd, Isaac Pierson, 
Wheeler Lindsley, Jabez Pierson, John 
T. Munn. Jabez D. Kilburn, Aaron 
Hedden, Daniel Baldwin, Timothy Bald- 
win, William Smith. 

The Poor farmed out to Abraham P. 
Meeker for six Hundred and seventy- 
three Dollars and He to indemnify the 
Town. 

RESOLUTIONS OF THE TOWN MEETINe;. 

1st. The Poor to be farmed out the 
present year. 2d. That Eight Hundred 
dollars be raised for the support of the 
Poor the present year. 3d. That the 
town Committee consider the turnpike 
road through Orange beginning at the 
Great Meadow Brook as respects the 
number of hands to be set off to work 
the same as a district road and the South 
Orange turnpikt: road to be worked on 
the same principle. 4th. That the next 
Annual Election open at the house of 
Nathaniel Seabury in Camp Town and 
close at the house of Moses Condit, Junr, 
in Orange. 5th. That the next Annual 
Town Meeting open at the house of 
Daniel Kilburn at 2 o'clock P. M. 

Noah Matthews, Moderator, Daniel 
Kilburn, Town Clerk. 

1819. 

April 14th 1819. The thirteenth annual 
Town meeting was held at the house of 
Daniel Kilburn, when the following 
Town-officers were duly elected, viz: 

Moderator, Amos Harrison; Town 
Clerk, Danl. Kilburn; Assessor, Danl. 
Condit; Junr — ; Collector, John Quinby; 
Judge of Election, Jeptha Baldwin; 
Town Committee, Abraham Winans, 
Abner Crowel, Timothy Williams, Noah 
Matthews, Jonas Smith; Surveyors of 
Highway, Moses Condit Junr., Ichabod 
Condit; Overseers of the Poor, William 
Williams, John Ball; Commissioners of 
Appeal, Cyrus Jones, Saml. Brown, 
Abraham Winans; Freeholders, Amos 
Harrison, Josiah Baldwin; Constables, 
John Reock, John Hedden; Road Mas- 
ters, Jotham Quinby, Abial Hays, 
Stephen Headley, Aaron Brown, Saml. 
B. Williams, Jotham Pierson, Stephen 
Harrison, Danl. Pierson, Asa Perry, 
Zenas Pierson, Ichabod Locey, Caleb 
Hedden, Stephen D. Day, Zebulon 



Myses, Saml. Brown, Wm. Peck, 
Jeptha Baldwin, Abraham Baldwin, 
John S. Taylor, Saml. Pierson. Saml. 
Freeman Junr. 

The Poor farmed out for the present 
year, to Saml. Freeman. Junr. for 

RESOLUTIONS OF THE TOWN MEETING. 

1st. That Mrs. C be put out to 

David S. Roff, at six shillings per week. 

2d. That J W be put out to 

Moses Quinby at twelve shillings per 
week. 3d. that the Poor be farmed 
out for the present year. 4th. That one 
thousand dollars be raised for the sup- 
port of the poor the present year. 5th. 
That the Town Committee put the law 
in force against all delinquent Road 
Masters 6th. That the Town Com 
mittee deliver certificates to each Road 
Master of their appointment. 7th. That 
the next annual election open at Isaac 
Combs's & close at Daniel Kilburn's. Sth. 
That the next annual Town meeting 
open at Isaac Comb's at 2 o'clock P. M. 

Amos Harrison, Moderator, Danl. Kil- 
burn. Clerk. 



April loth, 1S20. The fourteenth an- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held at 
the house of Isaac Combs, vvh'jn the fol- 
lowing Town Officers were duly elected. 

Moderator, Noah Matthews ; Town 
Clerk, Daniel Kilburn ; Assessor, Daniel 
Condit, Junr.; Collector, John Quinby ; 
Judge of Election, Abraham Winans ; 
Town Committee, Noah Matthews, Cyrus 
Jones. Jonas Smith, Joel Harrison, 
Daniel Dodd ; Surveyors of Highway, 
Ichabod Condit, Moses Condit, Junr.; 
Overseers of Poor, Edwin Gray, William 
Williams ; Commissioners of Appeal, 
Daniel Dodd, Abraham Winans, Henry 
B. Campbell ; Freeholders, Amos Harri- 
son, Josiah Baldwin ; Constables, John 
Reuck, John Hedden ; Overseers of 
Highway, Isaac Baldwin, Abraham Har- 
rison, Enos Baldwin, Joseph B. Ball, Ira 
Harrison, Silas D. Condit, Hiram Quin- 
by, Ira Pierson, Asa Perry, Henry 
Townley, William P. Soveril, John S. 
Baldwin, Moses Condit, Junr., Stephen 
Condit, Edwin Gray, Viner Van Zandt 
Jones, Benjamin Lindsley, Joel Harri- 
son, Jabez B. Baldwin, Stephen Ball, 
Ziba Tompkins, Ichabod Harrison. 

RESOLUTIONS OK THE TOWN MEETING. 

1st. That eight hundred (800) Dollars 
be raised for the support of the Poor. 
2d. That the next Annual Town Meeting 
open at the house of Moses Condit Junr. 
at 2 o'clock (P. M.) 3d. That the Annual 
Election open at the house of Isaac 



Combs in South Orange and close at 
the house of Moses Condit Junr. in 

Orange. 4th. That N W and 

Mrs. W be farmed out for the present 

year and the farmer to indemnify the 
Town and the remaining poor now on 
the Town be left in the hands of the 
Overseers. 

The Poor farmed out to Isaac T. 
Tichenor for two hundred and twenty 
(220) Dollars and he to indemnify the 
Town against all the Poor that may 
come in the Town for one year. 

Noah Matthews Moderator, Daniel 
Kilburn, Clk. 

July 17th, 1820. A Special Town 
Meeting convened at the house of Daniel 
Kilburn for the purpose of appointingan 
Assessor, in the room of T aniel Condit 
Junr, deed, agreeable to previous notice 
given when Noah Mattnews was chosen 
Moderator. 

Assessor, Jonas Smith. 

In consequence of appointing Jonas 
Smith Assessor there was a vacancy in 
the Town Committee and John Harrison 
was chosen to fill the same. 

Noah Matthews Moderator, Daniel 
Kilburn, Town Clerk. 

1821. 
April gth, 1821. The fifteenth annual 
Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
Township of Orange was held this day at 
the house of Lydia Gondii, when the fol- 
lowing Town Officers were duly elected. 
Moderator, Noah Matthews ; Town Clerk, 
Daniel Kilburn; Assessor, Jonas Smith ; 
Collector, John Quinby ; Judge of Elec- 
tion, Noah Matthews; Town Committee, 
Ambrose Condit, Abraham Winans, 
Ichabod Condit, Daniel Dodd, Stephen 
Bruen ; Surveyors of Highway, Daniel 
Kilburn, Stephen Condit ; Overseers of 
the Poor, William Williams, Edwin Gray; 
Commissioners of Appeal, Abraham 
Winans, Joel Harrison, Daniel Smith ; 
Chosen Freeholders, Amos Harrison, 
Josiah Baldwin ; Constables, John Reuck, 
John Hedden ; Overseers of Highway 
Jonas Smith, Obediah Crane, Jotham M. 
Baldwin, John Dreever, Benjamin Wil- 
liams, Junr. Amos Williams, David 
Walker, Ira Pierson, Asa Perry, John P. 
Crowel, Samuel Condit, Junr. Caleb 
Hedden, Joseph Lyon, John Doane, Caleb 
Harrison, John Peck, Jeptha Baldwin, 
Stephen Jaggers, Stephen Tichenor, Na- 
thaniel Brown, Abiathar Freeman, Sam- 
uel M. Dodd. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolved, ist. That four hundred Dol- 
lars be raised for the support of the Poor. 
2d, That the next annual Town Meeting 
open at the House of Daniel Kilburn 



at two O'clock (P.M.) 3d, That the 
Annual Election open at the house of 
Nathaniel Seabury in Camptown and 
close at the house of Daniel Kilburn in 
Orange. 

The Poor Farmed out to Isaac Taylor 
for two hundred Dollars and he to in- 
demnify the Town against all the poor 
that may come on the Town for the spac. 
of one year. 

Noah Matthews, Moderator, 

Daniel Kilburn, Clerk. 

1822. 

April loth, 1822. The Sixteenth An- 
nual Townmeeting of the Inhabitants of 
the Township of Orange was held this 
day at the house of Daniel Kilburn when 
the following Town Officers were duly 
Elected. 

Moderator, Joel Harrison ; Town Clerk, 
Daniel Kilburn ; Assessor, Jonas Smith ; 
Collector, John Quinby ; Judge of Elec- 
tion, Noah Matthews; Town Committee, 
Jeptha Baldwin, Joel Harrison. Abram 
Winans, Ichabod Condit, Ambrose Con- 
dit ; Surveyors of Highway, Stephen 
Condit, Henry B. Campbell ; Overseers 
of Poor, William Williams, Edwin Gray; 
Commissioners of Appeal, Samuel 
Brown, Daniel Dodd, Daniel Smith; 
Chosen Freeholders, Amos Harrison, 
Josiah Baldwin ; Constables, John 
Reuck, Bethuel Pierson ; Overseers of 
Highway, Daniel Quinby, Abraham 
Harrison, Stephen Hedley, Joseph B. 
Ball, Nathaniel Williams, Linas Williams, 
Joseph Matthews Ira Condit, Benjamin 
Townley, Ira Harrison, David Brown, 
Samuel Camp. Charles Lighthipe, Aaron 
Peck, Thomas D. Kilburn, Ebenezer 
Havens, Zebulon Jennings, David Hand, 
Abraham Pellacker, Stephen Dodd, 
Lewis Dodd. 

RESOLUTIONS OF THE TUWrs MEETING. 

Resolved that the next Annual Elec- 
tion open at the house of Nathaniel Sea- 
bury in Camptown and close at the 
house of Lydia Condit in Orange. 

Also that the next Annual Town Meet- 
ing be opened at the House of Lydia 
Condit at two O'Clock (P. M.) That 
eight hundred Dollars be raised for the 
support of the Poor the ensuing year. 
The Poor farmed out to John Hedden 
for five hundred sixty eight dollars for 
one year and he to indemnify the town 
against all the Poor that may come in 
the Town in one year. 

Joel Harrison, Moderator, 

Daniel Kilburn, Clerk. 

1B23. 
April 14th 1823. The Seventeenth 
Annual Town Meeting of the Inhabi- 



tants of the Township of Orange was 
held at the house of Lydia Condit when 
the following Town officers were duly 
elected. 

Moderator, Ames Harrison; Town 
Clerk, Daniel Kilburn; Assessor, Amos 
A. Harrison; Collector, John Quinby; 
Judge of Elections, Abraham Winans; 
Town Committee, Ambrose Condit, Joel 
Harrison, Ichabod Condit, Daniel Dodd, 
Jonas Smith; Surveyors of Highway, 
Jabez D. Kilburn, Ichabod Harrison; 
Overseers of Poor, William Williams 
Caleb Harrison; Commissioners of Ap- 
peal, John Dean. Benjamin Williams, 
Junr., Moses Lindsley; Freeholders, 
Amos Harrison, Josiah Baldwin; Con- 
stables, John Reock, Bethuel Pierson; 
Overseers of Highway, James Smith, 
Phineas Baldwin, John S. Orsborn, 
David y. Beach, Ichabod Williams, 
Daniel S. Williams, Joseph Harrison, 
John Perry, Jotham Condit, Ambrose 
Condit, Benjamin Townley, Daniel Ward, 
Daniel Dodd, John Lindsley, Wm. Peck, 
Jeptha Baldwin, Moses Stockman, Alvin 
Tichenor, Daniel Reeves, Amos Free- 
man, Junr., Abial Dodd, Noah Baldwin, 
Moses Lindsley. 

The Poor farmed out to Abraham P. 
Meeker for 

A Motion was made to change the 
mode of working the Highway and on 
taking the vote it was carried that the 
roads should be worked as usual instead 
of raising money by Tax. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

First, That twelve hundred Dollars be 
raised for the Support of the Poor- 2d. 
That the following list of Paupers, be 
left in the hands of the overseers of the 

Poor viz, Mrs. Phebe C , John T , 

Mary T , Joannah T , John T , 

Berton W , Amzi W^ , Joseph 

T , & Nancy C . 3d. That the 

overseers of the Pay Samuel Dodd 
twenty-five dollars provided he will take 

Mrs. G 's child and keep it till of 

full age. 4th. That the Poor be farmed 
out and the farmer to indemnify the 
Town. 5th. That forty Dollars be 

appropriated to Phebe C , and her 

friends to indemnify the Town for one 
year. 6th. That the Overseers of the 
Highway make returns to the Town 
Committee of those that do road duty or 
be fined for neglect of duty. 7th. That 
the next election open at the house of 
Isaac Combs, and close at the house of 
Daniel Kilburn. Sth. That the next 
Annual Town Meeting open at the 
house of Daniel Kilburn at 2 O'Clock 
P. M. 

Amos Harrison Moderator, Daniel Kil- 
burn, Clk. 



At a Special Town Meeting held this 
seventh day of May, 1S23, at the house of 
Daniel Kilburn to fill the vacancy caused 
by the declension of Daniel Dodd as an 
overseer of the highway and to fill the 
vacancy of Commissioner of Appeal 
occasioned by the neglect of Moses 
Lindsley in not returning his qualifi- 
cation, Daniel Dodd was chosen Moder- 
ator When Daniel D. Condit was elected 
to supply the place of Daniel Dodd as 
overseer of the highway and Moses 
Lindsley was reelected commissioner of 
appeal. 

Daniel Dodd, Moderator. Daniel Kil- 
burn, Clk. 

1S24. 

April I2th 1S24. The Eighteenth An- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held 
this day at the house of Daniel Kilburn, 
when the following Town Officers were 
elected and Resolves Passed. 

Moderator, Joel Harrison; Town 
Clerk, Samuel D. Kilburn ; Assessor, 
Jonas Smith; Collector, John Quinby ; 
Judge of Election, Henry B. Campbell ; 
Town Committee, Daniel Dodd, Joel 
Harrison, Ichabod Condit, Ambrose 
Condit,' Aaron Peck ; Surveyors of the 
Highway, Ichabod Harrison, Stephen 
Dodd ; Overseers of the Poor. William 
Williams, Daniel D. Condit ; Commis- 
sioners of Appeal, Benjamin Williams, 
Junr., Jotham Condit, Stephen Bruen ; 
Chosen Freeholders, Jeptha Baldwin, 
Amos Harrison ; Constables, John 
Reock, Bethuel Pierson ; Overseers of 
Highways, Isaac Baldwin, Crowel 
W^ilkinson, Stephen Hedley. Junr., 
Benjamin Meeker, Benjamin Williams, 
Junr., Silas D. Condit, John Endsley, 
Ira Pierson, Matthias Wilkinson, Am- 
brose Condit, Benjamin Townley, 
Bethuel Williams, Daniel Dodd, Chester 
Robinson, Stephen Peck, Benjamin 
Lindsley, Lyman S. Averil, Matthias I. 
Snyder, Stephen Bruen, Allen Dodd, 
Rufus Freeman, Ichabod Harrison, 
Henry W. Culverson, John Hedden. 

RESOLVES PASSED. 

1st. That twelve hundred Dollars be 
raised for the support of the Poor the 
present year. 

2d. That all the children that are now 
on the Town of si.x years and upwards 
be left in the hands of the Overseers of 
the Poor to be bound out on the best 
terms possible. 

3d. That Jabez P and Phoebe 

C be left in the hands of the Over- 
seers of the Poor. 

4lh. That the remainder of Poor 
be farmed out and the farmer to in- 



demnify the Town against all the Poor 
that may come on the Town for one 
year. 

5th. That the Town give thirty dol- 
lars for the support of Daniel E 

and his friends to indemnify the Town 
for one year. 

The Poor was farmed out to Abraham 
Pellecker for five hundred and ninety 
seven Dollars. 

6th. That the next Annual Town 
Meeting open at the house of Lydia Con- 
dit at 2 O'clock (P. M.) 

7th. That the next Annual Election 
open at the house of Matthias Ross and 
close at the house of Lydia Condit, And 
that the next Congressional and Elec- 
toral Election open at the house of Isaac 
Combs and close at the house of Daniel 
Kilburn. 

Joel Harrison, Moderator, 

S. D. Kilburn, Clk. 

1825. 

April nth 1825. The Nineteenth an- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held 
this day at the house of Lydia Condit, 
when the following Town Officers were 
elected and Resolves passed. 

Moderator, Joel Harrison; Town Clerk, 
Jabez Pierson; Assessor, John Quinby; 
Collector, Adon-jah Osmun; Judge of 
Election, Henry B. Campbell; Town 
Committee, Abram Winans, Aaron Peck, 
Ambrose Condit, Joel Harrison, Ichabod 
Condit; Surveyors of the Highway, 
Stephen Condit, Ichabod Harrison; 
Overseers of the Poor, William Wil- 
liams, Daniel D. Condit; Commissioners 
of Appeal, William Pierson, Jotham 
Condit, Benjamin Williams, Junr.; 
Chosen Freeholders, Jeptha Baldwin, 
Amos Harrison; Constables, John Reuck, 
Bethuel Pierson; Overseers of the High- 
way, Jotham Quinby, Oliver Hays, John 
S. Taylor, Abner Crowel, Nathanel 
Williams, Hiram Quinby, Lewis Wil- 
liams, Moses Condit, Jr., John Corby, 
Benjamin Townley, Matthew Williams, 
Elijah C. Pierson, Bethuel Williams, 
Chester Robinson, Abraham R. Marsh, 
Elias Tomkins, Ezekiel Ball, Thomas P. 
Gale, Isaac A. Baldwin, Daniel Kilburn, 
Abraham P. Meeker, Ichabod Harrison, 
Kelita Brown, Daniel Squier, Amos 
Baldwin. 

RESOLVES PASSED. 

Resd. 1st. That one Thousand Dol- 
lars be raised for the support of the Poor 
the present year. 

2. That the following list of paupers 
be left in the hands of the Overseers of 

the poor viz. ?hoebe C , Simon 

M , John T , Nathaniel L , 



Joseph T , Amzi A. W , Hannah 

T .Morgan Y , Amos S , Jonas 

H , Zelpha J- . 

3d. That Forty dollars be paid Phoebe 

C , &, Julia C , their Friends 

previously indemnifying the Town from 
iurther charges for one year. 

4th. That Daniel E , be paid 

Thirty dollars, the Town being indem- 
nified. 

5th. That the remaining poor be 
farmed out and the farmer indemnify 
the Town. 

6th. That Lewis Dodd be paid ten 
dollars, for services rendered, Joseph 
White, deed. 

7th. That the next annual Election 
open at the house of Bethuel Pierson & 
close at the house of Daniel Kilburn. 

8th. That the next annual Town 
Meeting be opened at the house of 
Daniel Kilburn at two o'clock P. M. 

9th. Ambrose Condit, Amos Harrison 
■&. Jonas Smith were appointed a special 
Committee to obtain information as to the 
advantages & disadvantages of a poor 
house establishment from Townships 
where the same are in operation & if in 
their opinion they are advantageous they 
-ascertain the probable cost & where a 
suitable farm can be procured for the 
purpose & Report the same at the next 
annual Town Meeting. 

The poor was farmed out to Daniel 
Reeve for three hundred twenty two 
dollars & fifty cents. 

Joel Harrison, Moderator, 

Jabez Pierson, Clk. 

1826. 

April loth. 1826. The Twentieth an- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held 
this day at the house of Danl. Kilburn 
when the following Town Officers were 
duly Elected and the folowing Resolu- 
tions passed — viz. 

Moderator, Henry R. Campbell; Town 
Clerk, Amos A. Harrison; Assessor, John 
Quinby; Collector, Adonijah Osmun; 
judge of Election, Ichabod Harrison; 
Town Committee, Abram Winans. Aaron 
Peck, Joel Harrison, Ichabod Condit. 
Benjm. Williams, Junr. ; Surveyors of 
the Highway, Stephen Condit, Jotham 
Condit; Overseers of the Poor, William 
Williams, Danl. D. Condit; Commis- 
sioners of Appeal, Jonas Smith, Moses 
Lindsley, Wm. Pierson; Chosen Free- 
holders, Jeptha Baldwin, Stephen Dodd; 
Constables Ichabod Harrison, John S. 
Orsborn, Richard Ward ; Overseers of 
Highway, Ezra Gildersleeve, Oliver 
Hays, Stephen Hedley, David I. Beach, 
Benjm. Williams, Junr., Joseph Mat- 



thews, John Perry, Jonathan S. Wil- 
liams, John Corby, Clark Townley, Saml. 
Condit, Danl. Dodd, Caleb Pierson, 
Chester Robinson. Lewis Munn, Jeptha 
Baldwin, Matths. W. Ross, Jno. Orsborn, 
Danl, S. Reeves, Peter Groshong, Wil- 
liam I. Smith, Albert Harrison, Henry 
D. Reeve, Moses N. Combs, Adonijah 
Osmun. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

The Committee appointed at the last 
annual Town Meeting to make enquiry 
as to the advantages of a Town Farm on 
which to keep the poor of the township. 
Reported favorable to the plan — Where- 
upon it was Resolved 

1st. That a farm for the purposes 
above set forth be purchased as soon as 
is expedient. 

2d. That the Town Committee con- 
jointly with the Overseers of the poor be 
Instructed to purchase a Suitable Farm. 

3d. That the sum of Three Thousand 
Dollars be assessed upon the Inhabi- 
tants of the township the present Year 
for the support of the poor, and paying 
toward the contemplated farm. 

4th. That the poor of the Township 
be left in the hands of the Overseers, by 
them to be provided for. 

A motion was made and Seconded to 
work the public Highways by Tax. 
Which motion was decided in the nega- 
tive. 

5th. That the next annual Election 
open at the House of Bethuel Harrison, 
at South Orange, and close at Lydia 
Condit's. 

6th. That the next Annual Town 
Meeting open at the Widow L. Condit's 
at two O'clock P. M. 

Henry B. Campbell, Moderator, 

Attest. Amos A. Harrison, Clk. 

A Special Town Meeting of the In- 
habitants of the Township of Orange 
held this Sth day of May 1826 at the 
house of Lydia Condit, by order of the 
Town Committee to appoint one Cons- 
table, one Chosen Freeholder, two Com- 
missioners of Appeals, and two Over- 
seers of Highways. Henry B. Campbell 
was chosen Moderator, and the meeting 
then elected Stephen Harrison Junr. 
Constable ; Amos Harrison, Chosen 
Freeholder ; Ira Pierson and Jotham 
Condit, Commissioners of Appeals ; 
Matthias B. Corby and Abijah Harrison 
Junr. Overseers of the Highways. 

Henry B. Campbell, Moderator, 

A. A. Harrison, Clk. 

1827. 
April gth, 1827. The twenty-first an- 
nual town meeting of the Inhabitants of 
the township of Orange was held this 



day in the Church at Orange, when 
the following Town Officers were duly 
Elected and the following Resolutions 
passed, viz — 

Moderator, Daniel Kilburn ; Town 
Clerk, Moses S. Harrison; Assessor, John 
Quinby; Collector, Adonijah Osmun ; 
ludge of Election, Henry B. Campbell; 
Town Committee, Abraham Winans, Ich- 
abod Condit, Ambrose Condit, Daniel 
Dodd, Aaron Peck; Surveyors of the High- 
way, Elias Tompkins, Jonas Smith; Over- 
seers of the Poor, William Williams, Dan- 
iel D. Condit; Commissioners of Appeal, 
Jotham Condit, Amos A. Harrison, Joel 
Harrison; Chosen Freeholders, Amos 
Harrison, Jeptha Baldwin; Constables, 
Stephen Harrison, Jur., John Reuck 
Bethuel Harrison ; Overseers of the High- 
way, Jonas Smith, Peter Van Ness, John 
S. Taylor, Freeman Elston, Aar^n Brown, 
Abijah Harrison, Jur., Williann Matthews, 
Ira Pierson, Benjamin Condit, John W. 
Hardman, John VV'ebb, Ira Quinby, James 
Reynolds, Amos S. Williams, Chester 
Robinson, William Peck, Samuel H. Gard- 
ner, Daniel Reeves, Jonathan Tichenor, 
IsaacCoe, Lewis Pierson, Daniel Kilburn, 
Abraham P. Meeker, Thomas Williams, 
Jur., Henry Ball, Moses N. Combs, 
Abram P. Harrison. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

1st. Resolved, That all accounts with 
the town commtttee must be presented 
to them on or before the first day of 
April next or be laid over until the next 
year. 

2d. That the town committee be 
authorized to purchase a pasture lot for 
the use of the township if in there 
Opinion it would be a public benefit. 

3d. That the township raise by As- 
sessment One Thousand Dollars the pre- 
sent year for the support of the poor. 

4th. That the Resolution introduced 
for working the roads by tax be post- 
poned until the next annual town meet- 
ing. 

5th. That the Next Annual Election 
open at the house of Matthias Ross in 
Camplown and close at the house of 
Daniel Kilburn in Orange. 

6th. That the next Annual town 
meeting Open at the house of Daniel 
Kilburn in Orange at two O'clock P. M. 

Daniel Kilburn, Moderator, Moses S. 
Harrison, Clk. 

1828. 

April 14th 1828. The twenty second 
annual meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
township of Orange was held at the 
Church this day, when following named 
persons were Elected to the offices herein 



designated; and the following Resolu- 
tions passed, viz. 

Moderator, Noah Matthews; Town 
Clerk, Amos A. Harrison; Assessor John 
Quinby; Collector, Adonijah Osmun; 
Judge of Elections, Joel Harrison; Town 
Committee, Jonas Smith, Abram Winans, 
Ichabod Condit, Ambrose Condit, Moses 
Lindsley; Surveyors of Highways, Steph- 
en Condit, Abrm. P. Harrison; Overseers 
of the Poor, William Williams, Daniel 
D. Condit; Commissioners of Appeals, 
Jotham Condit, Joel Harrison, Wheeler 
Lindsley; Chosen Freeholders, Amos 
Harrison, Jeptha Baldwin; Constables, 
John Reock, Jonathan Brown, Ichabod 
Harrison; Overseers of Highways, Dan- 
iel Quinby, George Harrison, S'.ephen 
Hedly, John Ball, Abiathar Harrison, 
Abram Harrison, John Perrey, Jonathan 
S. Williams, Ira Condit, Benjamin 
Townley, Ira Harrison, James Reynolds, 
Silas D. Condit, Simeon Harrison, Lewis 
Munn, Thos. Day, Elias Tomkins, Wil- 
liam Addison, Moses Crowell, Victor K. 
Reeves, Noah Matthews, Abrm P. Meek- 
er, Abiel Dodd, Lewis Dodd, Jna. T. 
Squire, Stephen Harrison Junr. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolved ist. That the public High- 
ways be Worked by Tax; and that the 
money shall be appropriated in district 
in which it is assessed. 

2d. That the amount of money to be 
raised for the support of the public roads 
be equal to all other taxes Jointly for the 
present year. 

3d. That the management of the Town 
farm be exclusively in the hands of the 
Overseers of the Poor. 

4th. That the sum of Six Hundred 
Dollars be raised for the support of the 
poor. 

5th That the sum of Two Hundred 
dollars be raised for the Education of 
Indigent Children in the Township; to be 
appropriated by the Town Committee. 

6th. That the next annual Election 
open at the house of Daniel Squire and 
close at the widow Lydia Condit's. 

7th. That the next annual Town 
Meeting open at the house of Lydia Con- 
dit at two o'clock P. M. 

Noah Matthews, Modr. Attest Amos 
A. Harrison, Clk. 

1829. 

April r3th, 1829. The twenty third 
annual meeting of the Inhabitants of 
the Township of Orange was held at the 
house of Mrs. Condit's this day — The 
following named persons were duly 
elected Town officers, and the following 
resolutions passed — viz — 



Moderator, Noah Matthews; Town 
Clerk, Charles Condit; Assessor, John 
Quinby; Collector, Adonijah Osmun; 
Judge of Election, Noah Matthews; 
Town Committee, Moses Lindsley, Icha- 
bod Condit, Ambrose Condit, John Dean, 
Jonas Smith; Surveyors of Highways, 
Stephen Condit, Allen Dodd; Overseers of 
the Poor, William Williams, Daniel D. 
Condit; Commissioners of Appeals, 
Joel Harrison, Lewis Dodd, Samuel 
Brown; Chosen Freeholders, Timothy 
Williams, Jeptha Baldwin; Constables, 
John Reock, Ichabod Harrison, Jonathan 
Brown; School Committee, Daniel Bab- 
bit, William Pierson, Jr., Abm. Harrison, 
Jonathan T. Squier, Ambrose Condit; 
Overseers of Highways, James Smith, 
Eleazer B. Porter, Joseph Osborn, 
Joseph B. Ball, Abijah Harrison, Jr., 
John Enslee, John Perry, Jotham Condit, 
John W. Hardman, Benjm. Townley, 
Smith Williams, James Reynolds, 
Daniel Williams, Simeon Harrison, John 
T. Munn, Ezekiel Ball, Thomas D. Kil- 
burn, Allen Osborn, Issac A. Baldwin, 
Lewis Pierson, Danl. Kilburn, Ambrose 
Tomkins, Joseph Munn, Lewis Dodd, 
Danl. Reeves. Abm. P. Harrison. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolved i. That the sum of six hun- 
dred dollars be raised for the support of 
the poor the present year. 

2. That the sum of five dollars be 
raised for the support of common schools 
agreeably to the provisions of an act of 
the legislature. 

3. That the sum of two hundred 
dollars be raised for the education of 
Indigent children in the Township, to be 
appropriated by the Town Committee. 

4. That the amount of money to be 
raised for the support of the public roads 
for the present year, be equal to one 
half of all the other taxes. 

5. That the next annual election be 
opened at the house of Matthias Ross 
and close at Danl. Kilburn. 

6. That the next town meeting be 
opened at Matthias Ross in Camptown 
at 10 O'clock A. M. 

7. That the Town Committee be 
authorized to alter the road districts, if 
they think proper. 

Noah Matthews Modr. Attest, Chas. 
Condit, Clk. 

1830. 

April I2th, 1830. The twenty fourth 
annual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held in 
Camptown this day, — The following 
named persons were duly elected Town 
Officers, and the following resolutions 
passed, viz-v 



Moderatof, Noah Matthews ; Town 
Clerk, Charles Condit ; Assessor, John 
Quinby; Collector, William Condit; 
judge of Election, Joel Harrison ; Town 
Committee, Aaron Peck, Ambrose Con- 
dit, Daniel Dodd, Jonas Smith, Moses 
Lindsley; Surveyors of Highways, Ste- 
phen Condit, Samuel Brown ; Overseers 
of the Poor, Elias Tomkins. Daniel D. 
Condit; Commissioners of Appeals, 
Samuel Williams, Lewis Todd, Edwin 
Gray ; Chosen Freenolders, Joel Harri- 
son, Jeptha Baldwin ; Constables, Mat- 
thias W. Ross, John Reock, Ichabod 
Harrison, John Hedden ■ School Com- 
mittee, Daniel Babbitt, William Pierson, 
jr., Abraham Harrison, Jonathan T, 
Squire, Ambrose Condit ; Overseers of 
Highways Ezra Gildersleeves, Moses 
Wilson, Freeman Nelson, David I. 
Beach, Abm. Williams, Albert Matthews, 
John Perry, Moses Condit, jr., Zebulon 
Condit, Moses Crowel, Thomas Burn- 
sides, Daniel D. Reynolds, Jotham Pier- 
son, Zebulon Myers, John T. Munn, 
James Eaton, Jeptha Baldwin, Thomas 
P. Gales, Isaac A. Baldwin. Ira Hand, 
John M. Lindsley, Abraham P. Meeker, 
Ichabod Harrison, Lewis Baldwin, Dan- 
iel Squier, Stephen Harrison. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolved ist. That the sum of one 
thousand Dollars be raised for the sup- 
port of the poor, for the present year. 

2d. That the sum of five dollars be 
raised for the support of common schools 
agreeably to the provisions of an act of 
the legislature. 

3d. That the amount of money to be 
raised for the support of the public roads 
for the present year, be equal to one 
half of all the other taxes. 

4th. That the Next Annual Election 
be opened at the house of Daniel Squier 
and close at Issac A. Smiths. 

5th. That the next annual Town 
Meeting be opened at the house of Isaac 
A. Smith, at 2 o'clock P. M., and that 
all the officers, excepting the Moderator, 
Clerk, and Overseers of Highways be 
elected by ballot. Noah Matthews, 
Modr., Attest, Chas. Condit, Clk. 

At a special Town Meeting of the In- 
habitants of Orange Township held at the 
house of Isaac A. Smith, on the 15th day 
of May 1830 by order of the Town Com- 
mittee to appoint one Constable one 
surveyor of the Highway, & two Com- 
missioners of Appeals, on account of the 
neglect of John Hedden to qualify ac- 
cording to Law as Constable, of Saml. 
Brown as Surveyor of the Highway, of 
Edwin Gray & Saml. Williams as Com- 
missioners of appeals, to which offices 



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they were respectively elected at the 
last Annual Town Meeting «& also to 
consider the propriety of increasing the 
road tax — Noah Matthews was chosen 
Moderator. The following officers were 
then elected — viz 

Daniel Reeves Constable; Sainl. Brown 
Surveyor of Highway; Edwin Gray, 
Samul. Williams, Commissioners of 
Appeals. 

Resolved u/iaiiintoiis/y that the road 
tax be ;/('/ increased for the present year. 

Noah Matthews Modr. Charles Condit, 
Clk. 

1S31. 

April nth 1831. The Twenty fifth an- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held at 
the house of Isaac A. Smith, this day. 
The following named persons were duly 
elected Town Officers, and the following 
resolutions passed viz — 

Moderator, Daniel Kilburn; Town 
Clerk, Charles Condit; Assessor, John 
Quinby: Collector, William Condit; 
judge of Election, Henry B. Campbell; 
Town Committee, Jonas Smith, Ambrose 
Condit, Daniel Dodd, Aaron Peck, Joel 
Harrison; Surveyors of Highways, Allen 
Dodd, Elias Tomkins; Overseers of the 
Poor, Daniel D. Condit, Moses Lindsley; 
Commissioners of Appeals, Jotham Con- 
dit, Caleb Smith, Lewis Dodd; Chosen 
Freeholders, Jeptha Baldwin, Timothy 
Williams; Constables, Elisha R. Hedden, 
Matthias W. Ross, Richard Barnwell 
Ichabod Harrison, jr. ; School Committee, 
William Pierson, jr., Abm. Harrison, 
Jonathan T. Squier; Overseers of High- 
way,- Jotham Quinby, Alvin Sherman, 
Enos Baldwin, Benjn. Meeker, Aaron B. 
Harrison, Abm. Harrison, Lewis Wil- 
liams, Alvin P. Condit, Ambrose Condit, 
Joseph A. Pierson, Samuel Condit. Moses 
Miller, Amzi Condit, Stephen Condit, Jab- 
ez Pierson, loel Harrison, Elias T(jmkins, 
Ira Taylor, Lyman S. Avcrill, Lewis Pier- 
son, Edward Condit. Henry B. Campbell, 
Willam I. Smith, Elias O. Meeker, Lewis 
Dodd, John Hedden, Stephen Harrison, 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolved ist. That the Township own 
all the stock, farming utensils, &c. be- 
longing to the poor house. 

2d. That the contract made between 
the Overseers of the Poor & the keeper 
of the poor house be relinquished if it 
can be consistently effected. 

3d. That the next Annual election be 
opened at the house of Jabez B. Hedden, 
and close at the house of Danl. Kilburn. 

4th. That the next Annual Town 
Meeting be held at the house of Danl. 



Kilburn at 2 O'Clock P. M. and that the 
officers be chosen by ballot. 

5th. That the sum of eight hundred 
dollars be raised for the support of the 
poor for the present year. 

6lh. That the sum of five hundred 
dollars be raised for the purpose of re- 
pairing the poor house. 

7th. That the public highways be 
worked by tax. 

8th. That the amount of money to be 
raised for working the roads be equal to 
one half of all the other taxes. 

Danl. Kilburn .Modr. Attest. Chas. 
Condit. Clk. 

1832. 

April Qth 1832. The Twenty Sixth 
annual Town meeting of the inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held at 
the house of Benjm. Jarvis this day. 
The following persons vere duly elected 
Town Officers, and the following reso- 
lutions passed, viz — 

Moderator, Noah Matthews; Town 
Clerk, Abrahm. R. Hillyer; Assessor, 
John Quinby; Collector, William Con- 
dit; Judge of Election, Henry B. Camp- 
bell; Town Committee, Lewis Dodd, 
Stephen Condit, Ambrose Condit, Jonas 
Smith, Jonathan T. Squier; Surveyors of 
Highways, Danl. Kilburn, Ichd. Condit; 
Overseers of the Poor, Wm. Williams, 
Moses Lindsley; Commissioners of Ap- 
peals, Jotham Condit, Joel Harrison, 
Caleb Smith; Chosen Freeholders, 
Stephen D. Day, Timothy Williams; 
Constables, Matthias W. Ross, Ichd. 
Harrison, Junr., Elisha R. Hedden; 
School Committee, Wm. Pierson, Jun., 
Abm. Harriscm, Philip Kingsley; Over- 
seers of Highways, Jonas .Smith, 
Richard Terhune. Stephen Hedley, 
Job Crovvel, Eleazer Williams. Moses 
Harrison, Lewis Williams, Amos W. 
Condit, Jun., Isaac Condit, Jacob A. 
Sharpe, Ira Harrison, Daniel Dodd, 
Bethuel Williams, Chester Robinson, 
Stephen M. Peck. Moses Stockman, 
Jonathan Lindsley, Horatio Baldwin, 
John P. Courter, Lewis Pierson, Wm. 
Williams, Ziba Tompkins, Abiel Dodd, 
Henry D. Rowe, Aaron Brown, Stephen 
Harrison. 

RESOLUTIONS P.\SSED. 

Resolved, ist. That Six Hundred 
Dollars be raised the ensuing year for 
the Support of the Poor. 

2d. That the Tax on Dogs be raised 
to Five Dollars. 

3d. That the next annual Election be 
opened at the Columbian School House 
in South Orange, and close at the house 
of Benjamin Jarvis. 



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4th. That the next annual Town 
meeting be held at Isaac A. Smith at 2 
O'clock P. M. 

5th. That the amount of money to be 
raised for working the roads be equal to 
one half of all the other taxes. 

6th. That the sum of Five Dollars be 
raised for the use of the school committee. 

Noah Matthews, Modr. Attest, A. R. 
Hillyer, Clk 

On account of the neglect of Joel Har- 
rison to qualify as one of the commis- 
sioners of appeals, to which office he was 
elected at the last annual Town Meeting, 
the Town Committee met at the house of 
Benjamin S. Jarvis, on Saturday Oct. 
13th at 4 O'clock P. M. at which time 
Aaron Brown Esq., was appointed as 
commissioner of appeals, to fill the va- 
cancy made by the neglect of Joel Har- 
rison. 

A. R. Hillyer Clk. 

Orange, Oct. 13th, 1S32. 

1S33. 

April 8th 1833. The Twenty Seventh 
annual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of Orange, was held at the house of 
Isaac A. Smith this day — the following 
named persons were elected town officers, 
and the following resolutions passed — 
viz. 

Moderator, Jonas Smith ; Town Clerk, 
Abraham R. Hillyer ; Assessor, John 
Quinby ; Collector, William Condit ; 
Judge of Election, Joel Harrison ; Town 
Committee, Lewis Dodd, Stephen Condit, 
Jonathan T. Squier, Ambrose Condit, 
Jonas Smith ; Surveyors of Highways, 
Allen Dodd, Ichabod Condit ; Overseers 
of the Poor, William Williams, Daniel 
Squier; Commissioners of Appeals, 
Jotham Condit, Jeptha Baldwin. Caleb 
Smith ; Chosen Freeholders, Stephen D. 
Day, Timothy Williams ; Constables, 
Allen Osborn, Nathaniel Parsons, John 
Smith ; School Committee, 'Wm. Pierson, 
Jun., Abraham Harrison, Philip Kings- 
ley ; Overseers of Highways, John Quin- 
by, Moses Wilson, Enoz Baldwin, Amzi 
Ball, Elijah Williams, Jun.. Jacob Har- 
rison, Thomas O. Woodruff, Samuel L. 
Pierson, Israel B. Condit, Jacob A. 
Sharp, Thomas Burnsides, Benjamin 
Condit, Caleb P. Williams. Chester Rob- 
inson, Stephen M. Peck, Moses Stock- 
man, Jonathan Lindsley, Isaac R. Pas- 
sals. William Ball, Samuel P. Brown, 
Moses S. Harrison, Cyrus Freeman, Abiel 
Dodd, Henry D. Rowe, Peter Peck, 
Richard B. Harrison, C. Lighthipe. 

RESOLUTIONS P.\SSED. 

Resolved ist. That the money re- 
ceived for cloths of Alfred Lyon be Paid 
to Elisha R. Hedden, 



2d. That the road tax be equal to one 
half of all the other taxes. 

3d. That Six hundred Dollars be 
raised for the support of the poor the 
ensuing Year. 

4th. That the Dog tax be One Dollar. 

5th. That the next annual Election 
open at the house now occupiea by Jabez 
B. Hedden in Campiown and close at 
the house of Isaac A. Smith in Orange. 

6th. That the next annual Town 
Meeting open at the house of Benjamin 
S. Jaivis at 2 O'clock P. M. 

7th. That the sum of Five Dollars be 
raised to aid the School Fund. 

Jonas Smith, Modr., Attest, A. R. 
Hillyer, Clk. 

At a Special Town Meeting of the 
Inhabitants of the Township of Orange 
held at the House of Benjn. S. Jarvis on 
the 22d Day of June 1S33 by Order of 
the Town Committee to appoint an 
Overseer of the Poor and Two Com- 
missioners of appeals on account of the 
death of Wm. Williams Esqr., Overseer 
of the Poor, and the neglect of Jotham 
Condit and Jeptha Baldwin to qualify as 
Commissioners of appeals, to which 
offices they were respectively elected at 
the last annual Town Meeting — Danl. 
Kilburn was chosen Moderator. The 
Following officers were then elected — 
viz — 

Moses Lindsley, Overseer of the Poor; 
Danl. Kilburn, Aaron Brown, Com- 
missioners of Appeals. 

Danl. Kilburn, Modr. A. R. Hillyer, 
Clk. 

1834. 

April 14th, 1834. The Twenty-Eight 
annual Meeting of the Inhabitants of 
the Township of Orange was held at the 
house of Benjamin S. Jarvis this day. 
The following named persons were duly 
elected Town officers, and and following 
Resolutions passed, viz — 

Moderator, Chester Robinson ; Town 
Clerk, Abram R. Hillyer ; Assessor, 
John Quinby ; Judge of Election, Henry 
B. Campbell ; Collector, William Condit ; 
Town Committee, Stephen Condit, Ed- 
ward Gruet, Daniel Dodd, Ambrose Con- 
dit, Jonas Smith ; Surveyors of High- 
ways, Ichabod Condit. Allen Dodd ; 
Overseers of the Poor, D. D. Condit, 
Amos W. Condit ; Commissioners of 
Appeals, Caleb Smith, Jotham Condit, 
Abiel Dodd ; Chosen Freeholders, Wil- 
liam Pierson, Junr., Stephen D. Day ; 
Constables, Nathaniel Parsons, Moses B. 
Harrison, Erastus Pierson, Junr., Ches- 
ter Robinson ; School Committee, Philip 
Kingsley. Albert Pierson, Abraham Har- 
rison ; Overseers of Highways, Chester 
Robinson Ezra Gildersleeve. Zenas Wil- 



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liams, John S. Enslee, Lewis Williams, 
Joseph S. Condit, Henry Walker, Jacob 
A. Sharp, Smith Williams, Moses Miller, 
Bethuel Williams. Abraham Tompkins, 
Ichabod Harrison, Lewis Hedden, Adon- 
ijah Osmun ; Pound Keeper, Abm. Man- 
deville. 

RESOI.rTlONS PASSKII. 

Resolved, ist. That the trustees of 
schools that do not make their reports to 
the school committee on or before the 
first Mondays in August and February 
be barred from any advantages arising 
from the school fund. 

2d. That a public pound be establish- 
ed and that it be located between the 
first and second Churches. 

3d. That, whereas, great dissatisfac- 
tion has been given by the acts of the 
collector of this township, in regard to 
the returns of non-payment of taxes, 
and it being the duty of said Collector 
by law to return immediately thereafter 
all those remaining unpaid on the 20th 
of December — 

Therefore. Resolved, that the Collec- 
tor of this Township be required and 
directed by this Town Meeting to return 
(without discrimination) as soon as the 
26th of December in each and every 
year hereafter, the names of all delin- 
quents to a magistrate for collection and 
that the Town Committee be hereby in- 
structed not in any case to remit to the 
collector any tax that may hereafter not 
be collected in consequence of his dis- 
regard to this resolution. 

4th. That the amount of money rais- 
ed for the support of the highway the 
present year be equal to one-half of all 
the other taxes. 

5th. That Five- hundred dollars be 
raised for the support of the poor the 
present year. 

6th. That Seven hundred dollars be 
raised for the purpose of adjusting a 
settlement with Clinton Township. 

7th. That the tax on Dogs for the 
present year be fifty cents. 

8th. That the next annual election be 
held at the house now occupied by B. S. 
Jarvis. 

gth. That the next annual Town 
Meeting open at the house of Isaac A. 
Smith at 2 o'clock P. M. 

loth. That Five Dollars be raised to 
aid the school fund. 
Adjourned. 

Chester Robinson, Moderator. 
Attest: A. R. Hillyer, Clk. 

At a meeting of the Town Committee 
held on the loth of May, 1834, Silas 
Condit was appointed Overseer of the 
Highway in the district to which Bethuel 
Williams was appointed at the Town 



Meeting, he declining to serve, and 
Abiel bodd was re-appointed Commis- 
sioner of Appeals. 

A. R. Hillyer, Clk. 

In consequence of the removal of A. 
R. Hillyer from the Township of Orange, 
who had been duly appointed Clerk of 
said Township, at the last annual Town 
Meeting, S. D. Day, Esqr., one of the 
Justices of the Peace in and for the 
County of Essex, upon application of 
the Town Committee did advertise a 
Special Town Meeting, in the manner 
prescribed by law, to be held at the 
house of B. S. Jarvis, July 5th, 1S34, at 
five o'clock P. M., for the purpose of 
choosing a Town Clerk to serve as such 
from the time of his appointment, until 
the next annual Town Meeting. In 
pursuance of said notice the inhabitants 
convened at the above time and place 
and organized by appointing S. D. Day, 
Esqr., Modr., after which Moses Rey- 
nolds was chosen Town Clerk to supply 
the vacancy occasioned by the aforesaid 
removal. 

Stephen D. Day, Moderator. 

Moses Reynolds, Clerk. 

1835. 

April 13th, 1835. The Twenty ninth 
annual Meeting of the Inhabitants of 
the Township of Orange was held at 
the first Presbyterian church this day. 
The following named persons were duly 
elected Town officers for the ensuing 
year — and the following Resolutions 
passed. — viz. 

Moderator, Chester Robinson; Town 
Clerk, Ichd. Harrison Jun.; Assessor 
John Quinby; Collector, William Condit; 
Judge of Election, Henry B. Campbell; 
Town Committee, Daniel Dodd, Edward 
Gruet, Stephen Condit, Jonas Smith, 
Lewis Dodd; Surveyors of Highways, 
Ichd. Condit, Allen Dodd; Overseers of 
Poor, Daniel D. Condit, Noah Matthews; 
Commissioners of .\ppeals, Abial Dodd, 
Jotham Condit, Caleb Smith- Chosen 
Freeholders, Stephen D. Day, William 
Pierson Jur ; Constables, Nathl. Par- 
sons. Chester Robinson, George Mc- 
Claud; School Committee, Abm. Harri- 
son, Chs. R. Day, Jesse Williams; 
Overseers of Highways, Chester Robin- 
son, Jotham Quimby, Abijah Harrison 
Jur., George Smith, Daniel Pierson, 
Erastus Pierson, Jur., Ellis F. Condit, 
Jacob A. Sharp, Smith Williams, Daniel 
Dodd, Caleb Pierson. Abm. P. Meeker, 
Cyrus Baldwin, Lewis Baldwin, Adonijah 
Osmun; Pound Master, Abm. Mande- 
viUe. 

RESOLUTIONS P.\SSKI). 

Resolved ist. That six Hundred 



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dollars be raised for the support of the 
poor the ensuing year. 

2d. That Four Hundred dollars be 
raised for the purpose of settlement with 
Clinton Township. 

3d. That five dollars be raised to aid 
the school fund. 

4th. That a Dog Tax be as follows — 
for every Slut five dollars and every 
male dog Two dollars. 

5th. The Collector be instructed to 
pay all money raised for Township 
purposes over to the Town Committee to 
be expended by them. 

6th. That it be recommended to the 
Trustees of the defint school districts to 
appropriate the school fund to the 
education of the Indigent children ex- 
clusively. 

7th. That the next annual election be 
held at the House of Isaac A. Smith. 

8. That the next annual Town Meet- 
ing be held at the House now occupied 
by B S. Jarvis at 2 o'clock P. M. 

9th. That the amount of money raised 
for the support of Highways for the 
present to equal to one half of all 
the other tax. 

Adjourned, Chester Robinson, Moder- 
ator, Attest Ichd. Harrison Junr. Clk. 

1836. 

April nth. 1836. The thirtieth annual 
Town meeting of the Inhabitants of the 
Township of Orange was held at the 
House of George W. Blake this day. 
The following named Persons were duly 
elected Town officers for the following 
year. And the following Rosons pased 
— viz. 

Moderator, Henry B. Campbell ; Town 
Clerk, Ichabod Harrison, Junr ; Assessor, 
Jabez Pietson ; Collector. William Con- 
dit ; Judge of Election, Calvin Dodd ; 
Town Committee, Jonathan S. Williams, 
Daniel Babbit, Daniel Dodd, Lewis Dodd, 
Abial Dodd; Surveyors of Highways, 
Charles Harrison, Allen Dodd ; Over- 
seers of the Poor, Noah Matthews, 
Daniel D. Condit ; Commissioners of 
Appeal, Jotham Condit, Caleb Smith, 
John Harrison ; Chosen Freeholders, 
Stephen D. Day, William Pierson, Junr.; 
Constables, Samuel L. Pierson, Linas D. 
Condit, Nathl Parsons, Chester Robin- 
son ; School Committee, Aaron Pierson 
Jur, Abm. Harrison, Chas. R. Day ; 
Pound Master, Abm. Mandeville ; Over- 
seers of the Highways, Chester Robinson, 
Ezra Gildersleeve, Chs. Harrison, Hiram 
Quimby, John Perry, Moses Condit, 
Ambrose Condit, Linas Williams, Smith 
Williams, David A. Smith, Ziba Tomp- 
kins, Ths. W. Munn, Lewis Dodd, Ichabod 
Harrison, Tunr. 



RESOLUTIONS P.A.SSED. 

Resolved ist. That all Cattle, Horses, 
Hogs or Sheep running at large may be 
driven to the Public Pound and the same 
fees demanded as are allowed in such 
cases for Cattle trespassing. 

2d. That Six Hundred Dollars be 
raised for the support of the poor the 
present year. 

3d. That the road Tax be equal to 
the one half of all the other taxes raised. 

4th. That the sum of Five Dollars be 
raised to aid the school fund. 

5th. That the tax on Dogs for the 
present year be Fifty cents. 

6th. That the next Annual Election be 
held at the house of George W. Blake. 

7th. That the next annual Town 
meeting open at the House of Isaac A. 
Smith at 2 O'clock P. M. 

Henry B. Campbell, Modr. Attest, 
Ichd. Harrison Jur. Clk. 

At a meeting of the Town Committee 
at the House of Isaac A. Smith The dis- 
trict of road known as Park street, 
William street & King street vvas set off 
as a separate district. Aaron Williams 
was appointed Overseer, The district of 
road from the Bridge near the House of 
Calfvin Dodd north to the Bridge near 
the house of Albt. Sayers, west to the 
Swinefield road South to the Bridge at 
the Factory. Calvin Dodd was appoint- 
ed Overseer. 

Attest. Ichd. Harrison, junr. Clk. 

1837- 

The thirty first annual Townmeeting 
of the Inhabitants of the Township of 
Orange was held at the House of Isaac 
A. Smith this day — 

The following named persons were 
duly elected Town Officers for the ensu- 
ing year, and the following Resolutions 
passed (viz) 

Moderator, Henry B. Campbell ; Town 
Clerk, Ichd. Harrison, Junr.; Assessor, 
Jabez Pierson ; Collector, William Con- 
dit ; Judge of Election, Calvin Dodd ; 
Town Committee, Lewis Dodd, Daniel 
D. Reynolds, Daniel Babbit, Jonathan S. 
W^illiams, Daniel Dodd ; Surveyors of 
Highways, Allen Dodd, 'limothy W. 
Mulford ; Overseers of the Poor, Dan'l 
D. Condit, Noah Matthews ; Commis- 
sioners of Appeals, Chs. Harrison, Abial 
Dodd, Jotham Condit ; Chosen Free- 
holders, Henry B. Campbell, Jonas 
Smith ; Constables, Chs. E. Willis, 
Edward Pierson, Nathl. Parsons, Saml. 
L. Pierson ; School Committee, Philip 
Kingly, Abm. Harrison, Jessee Williams; 
Pound Master, Peter Gruel ; Overseers 
of the Highways, Chester Robinson, 
Daniel Quimby, Abithar Harrison, 



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Moses R. Harrison, Ths. O. Woodruff, 
William Bodwell, Henry Walker, Daniel 
S. Williams, Ira Harrison, Daniel Dodd, 
Rufus Freeman, Israel Dodd, Lewis 
Dodd, Eason Park, Calvin Dodd Richd. 
Kelsall, Jacob Sharp, William Johnson 
Senr, Silas D. Condit. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolved ist. That the sum of Six 
Hundred Dollars be raised fur the sup- 
port of the poor the present year. 

2d. That the road Tax be equal to the 
one half of all the other Taxes raised 

3d. That the sum of Five Dollars be 
raised for to aid the school fund. 

4th. That the Tax on Dogs for the 
present year be Five Dollars. 

5th. That this meeting approve the 
plan of a county poor House. 

6th. That the next Election be held at 
the House of Isaac A. Smith. 

7th. That the next Town meeting 
open at the House of Barnabas Day at 
2 o'clock P. .\1 . 

Henry B. Campbell, Modr. 
Attest, Ichd. Harrison Jur. Town Clerk. 

At a meeting of the Town committee 
at the House of B. Day April 15 i8t,j the 
district of road commencing the north 
side of Main street, at the First Presby- 
terian church to the Williamsvill road 
including the street running from Day 
street to High street — The new road com- 
mencing at the turnpike on the west side 
of Rahway river leading past J. Condits 
to the swamp road. Silas D. Condit was 
appointed over seer William Johnson 
Senr. in the first named District. 

Attest, Ichd. Harrison Jr. Clk. 
1838. 

April 9th, X838. The thirty second an- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held at 
House of Barnbas Day this day. The 
following named persons were duly El- 
ected Town officers for the ensuing year 
and the following Resolutions passed 
(viz.) 

Moderator, Henry B. Campbell ; Town 
Clerk, Ichd, Harrison, Junr. ; Assessor, 
Jabez Pierson ; Collector, William Con- 
dit ; Judge of Election, Calvin Dodd ; 
Town Committee, Abithar Harrison, 
Lewis Dodd, Jonathan S. Williams, Ira 
Canfield, Daniel Dodd ; Surveyors of the 
Highway, Allen Dodd. Timothy W. 
Mulford ; Overseers of the Poor, Daniel 

D. Condit, Noah Matthews ; Commis- 
sioners of Appeals, Chs, Harrison, Jesse 
Williams, Abial Dodd ; Chosen Free- 
holders, Henry B. Campbell, Jonas 
Smith ; Constables, Daniel Pierson, Chs. 

E. Willis, Nathl. Parsons, Moses B. 
Harrison ; School Committee, James A. 



Williams. Jesse Williams, Albert Pier- 
son ; Overseers of the Highways, Ches- 
ter Robinson, Daniel Quimby. Abraham 
Williams, William Harrison, Lewis Wil- 
liams, Moses Condit, David H. Lyon, 
Caleb Pierson, William B. Williams, 
Daniel Dodd, Henry Williams, Cyrus 
Baldwin, Amos Baldwin, Richd. B. Har- 
rison, Calvin Dodd, Richd. Kelsall, 
Jacob Sharp, George Valentine, David 
W, Condit, Moses Lindsley, jeptha 
Baldwin. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolved, ist. That the sum of Six 
Hundred Dollars be raised for the sup- 
port of the poor the present year. 

2d. That the road Tax be equal to the 
one half of all other Taxes raised. 

3d. That the sum of Five Dollars be 
raised to aid the school fund. 

4th. That the Tax on Dogs, for the 
present year, be Fifty Cents. 

5th. That the next Eleciion be held 
at the House of Barnabas Day. 

6th. That the next Towne Meeting 
open at the House of Isaac A. Smith at 
2 o'clock P. M. 

Henry B. Campbell, Modr. 
Attest: Ichd. Harrison, Junr., Clk. 

1839. 

April 8th 1839. The thirty third an- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of 
the Township of Orange was held at the 
House of Isaac A. Smith this day — The 
following named Persons was duly Elect- 
ed Town officers for the ensuing year, 
and the following Resolutions passed, 
(viz). 

Moderator, Henry B Campbell ; Town 
Clerk, Ichabod Harrison, Junr.; Assessor, 
Jabez Pierson ; Collector, William Con- 
dit ; Judge of Election, Calvin Dodd ; 
Town Committee, Jessee Williams, Ira 
Canfield, Jonathan S. Williams, Abithar 
Harrison, Daniel Dodd ; Surveyors of 
Highways, Allen Dodd, Charles Harri- 
son ; Overseers of the Poor, Daniel D. 
Condit, Noah Matthews ; Commissioners 
of Appeal, Abial Dodd, Moses Lindsley, 
Lewis Dodd ; Chosen Freeholders, Jonas 
Smith, Henry B. Campbell ; Constables, 
Charles Dickerson, Moses B. Harrison, 
Charles E. Willis, Nathaniel Parsons ; 
School Committeee, Albert Pierson, 
James A. Williams, Jesse Williams ; 
Overseers of Highways, Barnabas Day, 
Simeon Harrison, James E. Smith, Abrm. 
Williams, Caleb Matthews, Ths. O. 
Woodruff, Moses Condit, John W. Herd- 
man, George McCloud, Jesse Williams, 
Daniel Dodd, Joseph S. Condit, Abial 
Dodd, Lewis Dodd, Richd. B. Harrison, 
Calvin Dodd, Richd. Kelsall, Clark 
Townlev, Horace Hedden, Nathl. Steph- 
ens, Edwin Gray, Jeptha Baldwin. 



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RISOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Risolved ith. That the Sum of Seven 
Hundred Dollars be raised for the sup- 
port of the Poor the ensuing year. 

2d. That the Road Tax be equal to 
the one half of all other Taxes raised. 

3d. That Sum of Ten Dollars be 
raised to aid the school fund. 

4th. That the Tax on Dogs for the 
ensuing year be One Dollar per head. 

5th. That the thanks of this meeting 
be presented to Peter Sendee for his 
gratuitous donation of Fifteen Dollars 
for the support of the Poor. 

6th. That the thanks of this meeting 
be presented to Moses B. Harrison for a 
donation of Five Dollars for the benefit 
of Common Schools. 

7th That the district of Road com- 
prising the main Street, be divided into 
two districts, the division to be left in 
the hands of the Town Committee. 

8th. That the next Annual Election 
be held at the House of Isaac A. Smith. 

9th. That the next Town meeting 
open at the House of Barnabas Day, at 
at 2 o'clock P. M. 

Henry B. Campbell, Moderator 
Attest, Ichd. Harrison Jur., Clk. 

At a meeting of the Town Committee 
held at the House of B. Day, April 13th 
1839, The district of road composing 
Day Street &c. was dissolved, and at- 
tached to the district of Jesse Williams. 
Ichd. Harrison Jur. Clk. 

Orange April 13th 1839. 

1840. 

At a Special town meeting of the In- 
habitants of the Township of Orange 
held at the house of B. Day, on the 8th 
day of February, 1840 by order of the 
Town Committee. To take into consider- 
ation the expediency of resisting the 
the contemplated encroachments of the 
township of Clinton, upon the territory 
of the Township of Orange, and defend- 
ing by all proper measures the common 
interests and rights of the Township of 
Orange. Henry B. Campbell was chosen 
Moderator, Philip Kingsly Jabez Pierson 
& Calvin Dodd was appointed a com- 
mittee to report resols. The committee 
reported the following preamble and 
resolutions which were unanimously 
adopted. 

Whereas notice has been given and an 
application pursuant to such notice, 
made to the Legislature of this State, by 
certain citizens of the township of Clin- 
ton in the county of Essex for an altera- 
tion of the boundary line between that 
Township and Township of Orange — 

And Whereas the line sought to be 
changed is one accurately established by 



the deliberate action of the Legislature, 
on application of the citizens of Orange 
for a restoration of Territory unjustly 
and improperly taken from them and 
without due notice 

And Whereas, those who by the pro- 
posed alteration would be placed within 
the limits of Clinton, are unanimously 
oppossed to such a transfer or change of 
position and jurisdiction, and have ever 
strenuously remonstrated against it 

Therefore, Resolved by the Citizens of 
the Township of Orange, in Town meet- 
ing assembled, that the existing Bound- 
ary line between the Towhship Clinton 
and Orange having been established 
upon a fair, full and impartial inves- 
tigation of the subject and hearing 
of parties, ought not to be changed or 
altered. — ; 

Resolved that we deprecate the rumor- 
ed attempt to unsettle the existing 
boundary as harrassing and expensive 
to those residing near the present line 
and within the limits of Orange, and 
who are unanimously opposed to the 
change, and as an unjustifiable effort to 
detract from the limits of Orange, a 
portion of her Territory and Citizens, fop 
a mere acquisition of Taxable property; 
and without a colorabe pretext that the 
present line is either incorrect or in- 
jurious to those residing in its imme- 
diate vicinity. 

Resolved, that we will defend the com^ 
mon rights of the Township of Orange 
by all Lawful means and measures, and 
in the prosecution of that object will 
oppose any alteration of the present 
Boundary Line by which our Territory 
will be deminished. 

Resolved, That the committee on re- 
solutions be directed to draw up a re- 
monstrance to be signed by the Modera- 
tor and Clerk in behalf of this meeting, 
to be presented to the Legislature, and 
that Daniel Babbit added to said Com- 
mittee. ,. 

Resolved, that Albert Pierson and, 
Stephen D. Day be a committee to pre- 
sent the foregoing proceeding to the 
Legislature. 

Resolved, that the proceedings of this 
meeting published in the Newark Daily 
Advertiser. 

Henry B. Campbell, Modr. Attest 
Ichd. Harrison, Jn. Clk. 

April 13th 1840. The thirty forth an- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held at 
the House of B. Day this day — The fol- 
lowing named persons was duly Elected 
town officers for the ensuing year and 
the following Resolutions passed, (viz). 

Moderator, Henry B. Campbell ; Town 
Clerk, Ichd. Harrison, Junr. ; Assesor, 



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Jabez Pierson ; Collector, William Con- 
dit ; Judge of Election, Calvin Dodd ; 
Town Committee, Lewis Dodd, Daniel 
D. Reynolds, Ira Canfield, Jonathan S. 
Williams, Abithar Harrison ; Surveyors 
of the Highway, Charles Harrison, Tim- 
othy W. Mulford ; Overseers of the Poor, 
James E. Smith, Noah Matthews ; Com- 
missioners of Appeal, Edwin Gray, 
Thomas W. Munn, Jotham Condit ; 
Chosen Freeholders, Henry B. Campbell, 
Jonas Smith ; School Committee, James 
A. Williams, Albert Pierson, Henry Pier- 
son ; Constables, Charles E. Willis, 
Aaron Quimby, Nathl. Parsons ; Over- 
seers of the Highway, Chester Robinson, 
James E. Smith, Abraham Williams, 
John H. Matthews, Joseph M. Crane, 
Uriah Garrabrant, Linas Williams, Uzal 
Crane, Daniel Dodd, Henry Williams, 
Abial Dodd, Richd. Harrison, Calvin 
Dodd, Richd. Kelsall, Jacob Sharp, Lewis 
Dodd, Jonathan S. Williams, Ira T. Free- 
man, Jeptha Baldwin. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolved ist. That the sum of Eight 
Hundred dollars be raised for the suport 
of the Poor the ensuing year. 

2d. That the Road Ta.\ for the en- 
suing year be equal to the one half of 
all other Taxes raised. 

3d. That the sum of Ten Dollars be 
raised to aid the school fund. 

4th. That the Tax on Dogs, for the 
ensuing year be Fifty cents. 

5th. That the Town Committee be 
authorized to expend monev, in case of 
an attempt to invade the territory of the 
township of Orange by the neighbour- 
ing Townships. 

6th. That the next annual Election be 
held at the House of B. Day. 

7th. That the next annual Town 
Meeting open at the House of Isaac A. 
Smith at 2 o'clock P. M. 

Henry B. Campbell, Moderator, Ichd. 
Harrison Jun. Clk. 

At a meeting of the Town Committee 
held at the House of Isaac A. Smith 
April i8th 1840. The district of Road 
comprising Day street and the street 
Tuning from Day street to Robinson's 
Sand Hill was set of as a separate dis- 
trict — E2dwin White was appointed over- 
seer. 

1841. 

April i2th, 1841. The thirty fifth an- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held at 
the House of Isaac A. Smith this day — 
The following named persons was duly 
elected Town officers for the ensuing 
year, and the following Resolutions 
passed — (viz). 



Moderator, Jonas Smith; Town Clerk, 
Ichd. Harrison junr; Assessor, Jabez 
Pierson; Collector, William Condit; 
Judge of Election, Ira Canfield; Town 
Committee, Jesse Williams, Lewis Dodd, 
Daniel D. Reynolds, Jonathan S. Wil- 
liams, Simeon Harrison; Surveyors of 
Highways, Timothy W. Mulford, Ira 
Harrison; Overseers of the Poor, James 
E. Smith, Noah Matthews; Chosen Free- 
holders, Henry B. Campbell, Jonas Smith; 
Commissioners, of Appeal, Jotham Con- 
dit, Edwin Gray, Thomas W. Munn: Con- 
stables, John H. Dayton, Charles E.Willis, 
Aaron Quimby, Nathaniel Parsons; 
School Committee, James A. Williams, 
Philip Kingly, William Pierson Junr.; 
Overseers of the Highways, Chester Rob- 
inson, James E. Smith, Abraham Wil- 
liams, Moses Harrison. John Perry, 
Hiram Condit, Jotham Pierson, Ira Har- 
rison, William Vreeland, William Bod- 
well, E, M. Dodd, Richd. B. Harrison, 
Calvin Dodd, James Matthews, Jacob 
Sharp, Lewis Dodd, Jonathan S. Wil- 
liams, Mahlon Freeman, Jeptha Baldwin, 
John Lindsley, Horrace Hedden, David 
W. Condit. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resd. 1st. That the sum of eight 
Hundred Dollars to be raised for the 
support of the poor the ensuing year. 

2d. That the Road Tax for the ensu- 
ing year be equal to the one half of all 
other Taxes raised. 

3d. That the sum of Three Hun- 
dred dollars be raised to aid the school 
fund. 

4th. That the Tax on Dogs for the 
ensuing year be fifty cents. 

5th. That the next annual Election 
be held at the House of Isaac A. Smith. 

6th. That the next Town Meeting 
open at the House of B. Day at 2 o'clock 
P. M. 

Jonas Smith Moderator, Attest Ichdi 
Harrison, Ju. Clk. 

At a meeting of the Town Committee 
held at the House of B. Day on Satur- 
day April 17th 1841 the district of Road 
known as the Walker district was di- 
solved and added to district of William 
Bodwell, Attest, Ichd. Harrison Jun. 
Clk. 

1842. 

April nth, 1842. The thirty six an- 
nual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held at 
the House of Barnabas Day this day. The 
following named persons was duly elec- 
ted Town officers for the ensuing year, 
and the following Resolutions passed. 

Moderator, Aaron B Harrison ; Town 
Clerk, Ichd. Harrison, Jr. ; Assessor, Ja- 



bez Pierson ; Collector, William Condit ; 
Judge of Election, William Stites ; Town 
Committee, Jonathan S. Williams, Lewis 
Mitchel, Isaac Baldwin, John H. Matth- 
ews, Cyrus Baldwin ; Surveyors of High- 
ways, Timothy W, Mulford, George W. 
Smith ; Overseers of the Poor, James E. 
Smith, Henry Pierson ; Chosen Free- 
holders, Daniel D. Reynolds, Isaac A. 
Smith : Commissioners of Appeal, Jotham 
Condit, Thomas W Munn, Ira Condit ; 
Constables, Caleb P. Williams, William 
H. Leonard, Nathaniel Parsons, Aaron 
Quimby ; School Committee, James A. 
Williams, Eleazer M. Dodd, Uzal W. 
Condit ; Overseers of the Highways, 
Chester Robinson, IraCanfield, Abraham 
Willams, Thomas O. Woodruff, Hiram 
Condit, George Perry, Ira Harrison, John 
Mitchel, Ziba E. Tomkins, E.'M. Dodd, 
Richd. B. Harrison, Calvin Dodd, Richd. 
Kelsall, Jacob Sharp, Lewis Dodd, Jona- 
than S. Williams, Moses Lindsly, Jeptha 
Baldwin, John Lindsly, Edmund S. Al- 
vord, David W. Condit. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolved ith. That the sum of Six 
Hundred dollars be raised for the support 
of the poor the ensuing year. 

2d. That the Road Tax be equal to 
the one half of all the other Taxes raised. 

3d. That the sum of Five dollars be 
raised to aid the school fund. 

4th. That the dog tax for the ensuing 
year be fifty cents. 

5th. That the Town Committee be 
authoJized to resist any attempt to alter 
the Boundary line of the Township, and 
that the same be in force untill recinded. 

6th. That the next Election be held 
at the House of B. Day. 

7th. That the next Town Meeting 
open at the House of Isaac A. Smith at 2 
o'clock P. M. 

Aaron B. Harrison, Modr. Attest Ichd. 
Harrison Jur. Clk. 

1S43 

April 19th, 1843. The thirty seventh 
annual Town meeting of the Inhabi- 
tants of the Township of Orange was 
held at the House of Isaac A. Smith this 
day — The following persons was duly 
elected Town officers for the ensuing 
year and the following Resolutions 
passed. 

Moderator, Aaron B. Harrison; Town 
Clerk, Ichd. Harrison, Jur; Assessor, 
Jabez Pierson; Collector, William Condit; 
Judge of Election, William Stites; The 
Town Committee, Thomas O. Woodruff, 
Lewis Mitchel. Issac Baldwin, Joseph A. 
Condit, Cyrus Baldwin; Surveyors of the 
Highway, Timothy W. Mulford, George 
W. Smith; Overseers of the Poor, James 



E. Smith, Henry Pierson; Chosen Free- 
holders, Calvin Dodd, Aaron B. Har- 
rison; Commissioners of Appeal, Jotham 
Condit, Thomas W. Munn. Ira Condit; 
Constables, Caleb P. Williams. Aaron 
Qnimby, Nathaniel Parsons, William H. 
Leonard; School Committee, Uzal W. 
Condit, Elizar M. Dodd, Abraham Har- 
rison; Overseers of Highways, William 
Peck, Ira Canfield, Ira Condit, William 
S. Perry. Hiram Condit. George Perry,. 
Ira Harrison, John Mitchel, Ziba E. 
Tomkins, Stephen Dodd, Richd B. Har- 
rison, Calvin Dodd. Richd. Kelsall, 
Laurance Coaker, Lewis Dodd, Jonathan 
S, Williams, Edwin Gray, Jeptha Bald- 
win, Jacob A. Sharp, Edmund S. Alvord, 
Bethuel Crane. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolved ith. That the sum of Eight 
Hundred dollars be raised for the sup- 
port of the poor the ensuing year. 

2d. That the Road lax be equal to 
the one half of all other Taxes raised. 

3d. That the sum of five Dollars be 
raised to aid the school fund. 

4th; That the Dog Tax for the ensu- 
ing year be fifty cents 

5th. That the next Election be held at 
the House of Isaac A. Smith. 

6th. That the next Town Meeting 
open at the House of Barnabas Day at 2 

o'clock P. M, 

Aaron B. Harrison, Modr. Attest, 
Ichd. Harrison, Jur. Clk. 

1S44. 

April 8th, 1844. The Thiitv eight 
annual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants 
of the Township of Orange was held at 
the House of Barnabas Day this day. 
The following persons was duly elected 
Town officers for the ensuing year, and 
the following Resolutions passed. 

Moderator, Aaron B. Harrison ; Town 
Clerk, Ichd. Harrison Junr. ; Assessor, 
Jabez Pierson; Collector, William Con- 
dit; Judge of Election, William Stites; 
Town Committee, Cyrus Baldwin, Or- 
lando Quimby, Timothy W. Mulford, 
Lewis Mitchel, Jonathan S. Williams; 
Surveyors of the Highways, Allen 
Dodd, Ira Harrison; Overseers of the 
Poor, James E. Smith, Aaron Quimby: 
Chosen Freeholders, Calvin Dodd, Aaron 
B. Harrison: Commissioners of Appeal, 
Jonas Smith, Thomas W. Munn, Lewis 
Dodd; Constables, Aaron Quimby, 
Nathaniel Parsons, Charles E Willis, 
Jonathan DeCamp; School Committee, 
Abraham Harrison, Eleazer M. Dodd, 
Uzal W. Condit; Overseers of the High- 
ways, William Peck, Moses B. Canfield, 
Abraham Williams, Thomas O. Wood- 
ruff, Hiram Condit, Daniel S. Williams, 



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Ira Harrison, Daniel Dodd, Ziba E. 
Tomkins, Eleazer M. Dodd, Richd. B. 
Harrison, Calvin Dodd, Aaron Williams, 
Elias Meeker, Noah Baldwin, Jonathan 
DeCamp, Ira Freeman, John Tomkins, 
Edward Condit, Robert McChesnee, 
David W. Condit. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 

Resolvea ith. That the sum of Eight 
Hundred dollars be raised for the sup- 
port of the poor the ensuing year. 

2d. That the sum of five hundred 
dollars be raised by Taxation — which 
sum shall be* expended in the purchase 
of broken stone to be deli\ered on the 
main road between the foot of the 
mountain and the Newark line, to be 
used on such portion of the road as are 
in a proper condition to receive such 
superstructure. The Town Committee 
to advertise publickly for proposals for 
the aforesaid materials, and the con- 
tract to be given to the lowest bidder. 

3d. That the Resolution directing all 
money raised for working the roads be 
expended in district in which it is assesed 
be recinded. 

4th. That the road Tax for the ensu- 
ing year be equal to the one half of all 
other Taxes. 

5th. That the Dog tax for the ensuing 
year be fifty cents. 

6th. That the sum of fifty dollars be 
raised to aid the school fund. 

7th. That the next annual Election be 
held at the House of Barnabas Day. 

8th. That the next Town Meeting 
open at the House of Isaac A. Smith at 
2 o'clock P. M. 

Aaron B. Harrison, Moderator, Attest. 
Ichd Harrison, Junr. Town Clerk. 

At a special Town Meeting of the In- 
habitants of the Township of Orange, 
held at the House of Isaac A. Smith the 
4th day of May A. D. 1844 by order of 
the Town committee to appoint one 
Overseer of the Poor, one Surveyor of 
Highway, one commissioner of appeals, 
those persons elected at the annual Town 
Meeting having neglected to qualify ac- 
cording to Law — also to reconsider the 
resolution raising Five hundred dollars 



extra road tax — when Jabez Pierson was 
chosen Moderator; James E. Smith Over- 
seer of the Poor; Ira Harrison Surveyor 
of the Highway; Jonas Smith Commis- 
sioner of /Vppeals, and the following 
Resolutions adopted: 

Resolved ith. That the resolution 
raising five hundred dollars extra road 
tax be recor.sidered, 

2d. That the above named Resolution 
be annuled. 

Jabez Pierson, Moderator, Attest, Ichd. 
Harrison, Junr. Clerk. 

1845. 

April 14th 1845. the thirty ninth an- 
nual Town meeting of the Inhabitants of 
the Township of Orange was held at the 
House of Isaac A. Smith this day. The 
following officers were duly elected for 
Town officers for the ensuing year. 

Judge of Election, Ichd. Harrison Jur.; 
Town Clerk, Eliazor M. Dodd ; Assessor, 
Jabez Pierson ; Collector, William 
Condit ; Chosen Freeholders, Charles 
Harrison, Calvin Dodd ; Commissioners 
of Appeal, Thomas W. Munn, Jonas 
Smith, Abijah Harrison, Jr. ; Overseers of 
the Poor, Aaron Quinby, James E.Smith ; 
Survyors of the Highways, Timothy W. 
Mulford, Ira Harrison ; Town Committee, 
Lewis Dodd, Jonathans. Williams, Joseph 
A. Condit, Orlando Quimby, Cyrus Bald- 
win ; School Committee, Abraham Har- 
rison, Daniel Dodd, Jr., Charles R. Day; 
Constables, Charles E. Willis, Aaron 
Quinby, William B. Williams. William 
M. Sayer ; Justices of the Peace Stephen 
M. Peck, Cyrus Baldwin, Jesse Williams, 
Aaron Pierson. 

There was raised for the support of the 
poor Eight Hundred dollars. 

There was raised for school purposes 
five dollars. 

The Tax on dogs was fixed at fifty 
cents. 

The Amount of Road Tax was not fixed. 

The next State and County Election to 
be held at Isaac A. Smith's. 

The next annual Town to be held at 
the house of John C. More. 

Ichd. Harrison Jr. Town Clerk. 



EARLY TOWN RECORDS. 



THE ORANGE TOWNSHIP COMMTY liOOK, 

The Commity of the Township of 
Orange meet at the House of Samuel 
Munns on Tuesday the 21st day of April 
1807 10 o'clock, A M. present Daniel 
Williams Abijah Harrison, Thomass 
Baldwin, John Dean, & Stephen D. Day 
when they unanimous elected Stephen D 
Day their chairman for the present year 
and proceded to bisness by taking Bonds 
of the following officers viz Nathan 
Squier as Collector for the Township in 
the sum of one Thousand Dollars with 
Aaron Munn his security, John Quinby 
as Constable in the Township Appeared 
and his bond for one thousand Dollars 
and Stephen Peck his security — Noah 
Matthews Appeared and gave his bond 
for the sum of one thousand Dollars and 
David Condit his surety — when John 
Quinby & Noah Matthews were accord- 
ingly quallified in to office — Stephen D. 
Day was appointed as a commity to en- 
quire as to a residence of the poor. 

Fryday 24th April the Township Com- 
mity meet at David Reynolds in New Ark 
at 2 O'clock P. M. in order to make a 
division of the poor with the Township 
of New Ark, Present, Stephen D. Day, 
Thomas Baldwin, John Dean, Daniel 
Williams & Abijah Harrison and Pro- 
ceeded to bisness and made such a di- 
vision as we thought was just and accord- 
ingly instructed our overseer to take 
charge of such poor Persons as belonged 
to our Township. 

Saturday June 20th. the Township 
Commity meet at Samuel Munns. pres- 
ent Stephen D. Day, Thomas Baldwin, 
Daniel Williams, John Dean, & Abijah 
Harrison and proceeded to bisness ap- 
pointed Doctr. Isaac Pierson & Major 
Amos Harrison a comity on the part of 
our Township to meet a committee of 
the Township of New Ark in order to as- 
certain the division line betwixt the two 
Townships they then examined the ac- 
counts of Henry Stryker, Esq. Collector 
for the Last year and found a ballance in 
his hands and gave Stephen D. Day an 



order to draw the same the Ballance ap- 
peared to be Forty three Dollars Eighty- 
nine cents. 

March 28 the Committee meet at House 
of Samuel Munn in order to make a 
settlement of the Business for this year 
but had so much business on hand that 
they Adjourned to Meet at Moses Condit 
on the morning of the Eleventh of April 
next. 

.\pril nth r^oS the Township meet at 
the House of Moses Condit Jur. and pro- 
ceeded to Business and made a settle- 
ment with the Collector & Constables of 
the Township & the chairman of the 
Committee was Instructed to make out a 
report to the Town meeting which was 
accordingly complyed with. 

Orange iSth April 1808. The Orange 
Township Committee meet at the House 
of Mouses Condit, Jur. present Major 
Jabez Pierson Capt Thomas Baldwin, 
Daniel Williams, Samuel Condit Stephen 
D. Day when Stephen D. Day was nom- 
inated for chairman for the ensuing year 
and unanimously Elected when the com- 
mittee proceeded to Business they ap- 
pointed fabez Pierson & Stephen D. Day 
a Committee to run the line betwixt the 
township of New Ark & Orange. 

voted that the chairman draw an order 
on the County Collector for Thirty six 
Dollars for pay for a black child of Mrs. 

and pauper 

voted that Chairman of the Committee 
make such arrangements for a settlement 
betwixt the Township New Ark as he 
may think proper Respecting the poor in 
Dispute betwixt the two Townships 

voted that they should take bounds 
the following sums viz 

John Quinby gave his bond with Hy- 
ram Quinby Security for one Thousand 
Dollars as Collector of the Township 
Noah Matthews appeared &: gave his bond 
with Moses Condit his security for one 
thousand dollars as Constable of the 
Township. Samuel Munn appeared & 
gave his bond with John Harrison his 
Surety for one thousand Dollars as Con- 



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stable. when Noah Matthews and 
Samuel Munn were Qualifyd in to office. 

May 7th 1808. Survey of the lines 
Betwixt the Townships of Newark & 
Orange are as follows viz. Beginning at 
the Turky Eagle Rock, and runing from 
thence South Thirty nine degrees and 
forty five mints east one hundred and 
fifteen chain to the middle of Phenius 
Crane Bridge thence South Sixty de- 
grees i seventeen minuts east seventy 
nine chain to Silas Dodd, Bridge thence 
South Thirty degrees & thirty nine 
minutes East ninety chain to the Boiling 
Spring thence South twenty nine de- 
grees &; forty minutes west seventy three 
chains and forty Links to peck's Bridge 
thence South thirty nine degrees fifteen 
minutes west two hundred and six chain 
to Sayres, Roberts Bridge at Camp 
Town thence South forty seven dgrees 
and forty minutes west one hundred and 
ten chains to a bridge in the Elizabeth 
town line where it crosses Elizabeth 
River. 

Caleb Quinby appeared and took the 
oath of office. 

Orange 27th May 1808. The Town 
Committees of Orange and Newark meet 
at the House of Moses Condit Jur. in 
order to make a Division of the poor 
persons that have been in Dispute when 
Stephen D. Day was Elected chairman 
and after considerable altercation on the 
subject they agreed to make a Division 
which was as follows. The township of 

Orange was to take J- R and 

Mrs. H P and the children that 

is at present with her. 

voted that David D. Crane and Stephen 
D. Day be a committee to arrange & 
settle the account between the two town- 
ships. 

Agreeable to notice the Township 
Committee of the Townships of Newark 
and Orange meet at the house of Moses 
Condit Jur. inkeeper in Orange on the 
third Day of June, 1808 for the purpose 
of dividing the poor of the said town- 
ships not heretofore agree upon and said 
Committees amicably agreed to the 
following division the Township of 
Orange by their Committee agreed and 
It was excepted by the Committee of New- 
ark tiiat they take as their quota the fol- 
lowing persons and the remainder be pro 
vided for by the Township of Newark 
viz. (Here follow the names of seven- 
teen persons.) The Committees directed 
their chairman to make out two certifi- 
cates, one for each Town and sign the 
same, in conformity to the said order of 
thf- Committees we the subscribers do 
Certify that the foregoing division of the 
poor is Just and done as agreed upon by 



the Committees respectively, as witness 
our hand this Seventeenth day of August, 
1 80S. 

D. D. Crane. Chairman of Newark 
Committee. 

Stephen D. Day, Chairman of Orange 
Committee. 

Orange 4th April i8og The Town 
Committee of Orange meet at the house 
of Moses Condit Jrs. present Thomas 
Baldwin, Daniel Williams. Jabez Pier- 
son. Samuel Condit, & Stephen D. Day. 

Noah Matthews, one of the Constables 
of Said Township made a Return of bad 
debts and debts that he had not collected 
all which he promises to Collect If in his 
power and the Committee agreed that 
the said Noah Matthews should not be 
accountable unless he collected the 
following persons and the sums anexed 
to their respective names. (Here follow 
the names of eighteen delinquents, with a 
total amount of $23.65.) 

April 6th 1809 Jabez Roberts give his 
Note Caleb Tichenor as overseer poor 
Six Dollar three cents on Demand. $6-3. 

April I7fh i8<)g. the Orange township 
Committee meet at the house of Samuel 
Munn present Mr. Daniel Williams, 
Josiah Baldwin, Samuel Condit, Thomas 
Baldwin, Abraham Winans. When 
Abraham Winans was nominated for 
chairman for the ensuing and was 
Elected. then the Committee proceeded 
to business voted that the following 
Bonds Should be taken with Security 
viz. John Quinby gave his Bond for one 
thousand dollars with John Porter secur- 
ity as Collector for the township of 
Orange for one year. 

Noah Matthews appeared and gave his 
Bond for one thousand dollars and Sam- 
uel Munn security for Constable the 
ensuing year and was Qualfied into 
office. Peter Dean appeared & gave 
his Bond for one thousand dollars with 
David Condit security as Constable for 
the township of Orange for one year & 
was qualified into office. Nathan Tich- 
enor appeared and gave his Bond for 
one thousand dollars with Joseph B. 
Ball security as Constable for the town- 
ship of Orange for one year & was 
Qualified into office. 

voted that the Chairman Should buy a 
trunk to keep the township Committee 
Books and papers in and bee paid for by 
the town. 

Voted that Zadock Brown should have 
fifty five dollars of the tow-n money by 
giving Job Brown as security for one year 
vvich Note was drawn payable to 
Abrahm Winans Chairman of the town 
Committee and the Interest was put in 
for one year vvich made fifty Eight 



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dollars Eighty five Cents payable at 
Newark Bank. 

May the i6th iSog. the Orange town- 
ship Committee meet at the house of 
Samuel Munns at 2 O'clock in the after- 
noon. Present Capt Thomas Baldwin 
Josiah Baldwin, Daniel Williams, Sam- 
uel Condit, Abraham Winans, and pro- 
ceeded to Business when Enos Tompkins 
appeared and took his Certificate that he 
was Chosen one of the Overseers of the 
highway, the Chairman was otherized 
to give Aaron Quinby a Certificate if he 
Required one. We appointed a Com- 
mittee to settle with the Township Com- 
mittee of New Ark if it was thought 
best, the Committee was Thomas Bald- 
win, Josiah Baldwin and Abraham 
Winans. 

July 8th 1809. Agreeable to notice 
the Orange Township Committee meet 
the township Committee of New Ark at 
the house of Moses Roff in New Aik at 
10 O'clock in the morning, present be- 
longing to the Orange township Com- 
mittee Abraham Winans, Daniel Wil- 
liams Josiah Baldwin, Samuel Condit, 
Thomas Baldwin and proceeded to 
settle the account of the two townships 
all of which we settled Except Our 
proportion of the five hundred dollars wich 
the town Land was sold for wich we 
paid the two Sevenths of five hundred 
dollars when the two townships was 
together for Carrying on a Law Suit wich 
settlement will appear by Receipt, given 
by both of the townships and were 
signed by the whole of the two town 
Committees. Except John Dodd he went 
away on business the Receipt is as 
follows. 

Newark July 8th 1S09 
on settlement of accompt made this day 
between the two Town Committees of 
Orange and New Ark there was a balance 
found of three dollars Ninety three Cents 
in favour of Newark township a demand 
was made of two Seventh of five hundred 
dollars was made by Orange Township 
tor mones expended in defending the 
title to town Lands but Newark Commit- 
tee Refused to act upon it the above 
balance was paied by us errors excepted 
Signed by Stephen Hays, Aaron Johnson, 
James Ventevool Abraham Spier, New- 
ark Committee ; Abraham Winans, Dan- 
iel Williams, Samuel Condit, Thomas 
Baldwin, Josiah Baldwin, Orange Com- 
mittee 

In the settlement there was a balance 
found in the hand of Henery Stryker 
Collector for Newark township of twenty 
three dollars Seventy two Cents wich 
money they gave the Orange town Com- 
mittee an order to Receive wich money 



belongs to Orange according to settle- 
ment 

the Orange township is to pay James 
Edgins for an old accompt that he held 
against the New Ark township before we 
was sot of which amounted too thirteen 
dollars and twenty one Cents $13.21 

Orange Novem. 6th 1809. 
the Orange Township Committee .net at 
the house of Samuel Munn at 6 o'clock 
in the afternoon, present Abraham Win- 
ans, Daniel Williams, Josiah Baldwin, 
Samuel Condit, and took into Consider- 
ation the Case of Mr. W Respecting 

his Legacy left him by Mr. Ashfield. 
when there was a number of the neigh- 
bors consulted about it when it was 
agreed that we should give Mr. Stogden 
a fee and git his opinion oh the Case and 
Abraham Winans & Josiah Baldwin was 
appointed to do it it was agreed tnat we 
Should Send Mr. Stogden by Mr. Chet- 
wood twenty dollars. 

Novem. loth. Mr Baldwin and Abra- 
ham Winan called on Mr. Chetwood and 
it was thought Best that we Should Call 
on Judge Morris at Brunswick wich we did 
the same day and got what information 
we Could Respecting the Business and 
Came Back and give Mr. Chetwood 
twenty dollars for a Retaining fee for Mr. 
Stogden and to get his opinion in 
Writing. 

Orange Deem. 20th 1810 

The Orange Township Committee Met 
at the house of Samuel Munn on Wens- 
day at 6 o'clock in the Evening Present. 
Abraham Winans, Josiah Baldwin, 
Daniel Williams, Samuel Condit. and 
proceeded to Business and Abraham 
Winans and Josiah Baldwin gave what 
information they had obtained from Mr. 
Chetwood tS: Judge Morris and it was 
thought best to appoint a Committee of 
two to wait on Mr. Brenkerhoof and see 
if the Business Could not be Compro- 
mised without going to Law with him 
and Samuel Condit & Caleb 
where appointed no further 
they adjourned. 

Orange Jany 6th. iSio. * 
Committee made they Report and it was 
not agreed to and Samuel Condit was 
appointed to wait on Mr. Brenkerhoof 
and get his final answer. 

Orange Feby loth 1810. * * * 
Samuel Condit made his report and it 
was thought best that he should wait on 
Mr. Brenkerhoof once more. 

Orange March 19th iSio * * * 
Mr. Samuel Condit Informed us that Mr. 
Brenkerhoof would give Orange town- 
ship Committee four hundred dollars for 

N W 's wife's legacy if we 

would git N W to ad- 



Tichenor 
business 



the 



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minister on his wife's Legacy and git a 

power of an attorney from said W 

and a Receipt from said W in full 

and we gave him a Receipt in full, all 
wich we agreed to and Caleb Tichenor & 
Josiah Baldwin was appointed to go with 

said W and take out Letters of 

administration wich was done and Mr. 
Brenkerhoof gave this township four 
hundred dollars in a Note payable in one 
& two years without Interest wich was 
agreed to by the town Committee. 

Orange March 26, 1810 The Town- 
ship Committee of Orange met at the 
House of Samuel Munn. present. Abm. 
Winans, Thomas Baldwin, Daniel Wil- 
liams, Samuel Condit, Jonas Baldwin. 
Noah Matthews one of the Constables of 
Said Township made a return of bad 
debts that he had not collected all 
which he promises to collect, if in his 
power & the committee agree that the 
Said Noah Matthews should not be ac- 
countable unless he collected of the fol- 
lowing persons & the sums annexed to 
their respective names, for the bad debts 
this year. (Here follow the names of 
thirteen persons, with a total amount of 
$14.05) Noah Matthews a Constable 
paid into the hands of the Town 
Committee Seven Dollars & 80 
cents, reed as bad debts not then collected. 

April i6th 1810. The Town Commit- 
tee meet at the House of Moses Condit, 
on Monday i6th Day April, 1810, when 
they proceeded to elect a Chairman when 
Stephen D. Day was unanimously Elect- 
ed Chairman for one year, present the 
following Stephen D. Day, Thomas 
Baldwin, Josiah Baldwin, Samuel Condit, 
Daniel Williams. (The only business 
transacted was the taking of the usual 
bonds in $1,000 each from the various 
town officials.) 

Monday the 28th May for the purpose 

of Boarding out N W when they 

made a Bargain with Josiah Baldwin to 
take him and find him vittals & Clothing 
until the first Monday in May 1811 and 
to return him to the Town as well Clothed 
as he was when the took him his Cloth- 
ing to be appraised. 

July I2th 1810. A Committtee out of 
the Town Committee meet with the over- 
seers poor to bind out the poor Child- 
ren and bound out the following 
viz: 
(Four names.) 

March 26 1811. The Town Committee 
meet at Moses Condit in order settle 
with overseers of the poor which went 
through and made a settlement they 
then settled Assessor, Town Collector, 
and different clament against the Town- 



ship which can be seen as refered to the 
accounts current. John Hedden, one of 
the Constables of Orange Township 
made a return that he could not Collect 
the following persons Tax but that he 
would use his best Indavorers to collect 
them and pay them over to the Town 
Committee the following are the names 
of the delinquents & sum annexed to 
their respective names. (Here follow 
nine names with a total of $8.82). 

Orange 16 April 1811. The Orange 
Town Committee meet at the house of 
Samuel Munn present the following viz. 
Capt. Thomas Baldwin, Daniel Williams, 
Josiah Baldwin & Stephen D. Day. 
Absent, Major Abram Harrison, when 
they proceeded to Elect their Chairman 
when Stephen D. Day was unanimously 
Elected (The usual bonds were then taken 
from the Township officers in $1,000 
each.) The Committee then gave out 
Certificates to such of the oveseers of the 
publick highways as made application 
No other busiuess appearing before the 
committee they adjourned, 

Orange April 9th 1812. The Town- 
ship Committee meet at the house of 
Samuel Munns at nine o'clock in the fore- 
noon present viz:. Stephen D. Day, Josiah 
Baldwin, Capt Thomas Baldwin, Daniel 
Williams, Aiajor Abraham Harrison, 
when they proceeded to business they 
made a Settlement with the Town Col- 
lector Constables of the Town Ship, when 
John Hedden one Constable of the Town- 
ship made the following Return that he 
had not been able to Collect the follow- 
ing taxes viz:. (Eleven names follow 
amounting to $13.61) the Justices and 
Overseers of the poor of the- Township of 
Orange came into consultation with the 

Township Committee Respecting S 

B daughter of P B deceased, 

a Lunatick and It was agreed unani- 
mously that It was propper that the 
Town should proceed to secure the pro- 
perty of the above named so that she 
might not become chargeable to' the 
Township. 

Orange iSth April 1812. The Orange 
Town committee meet at the house of 
Moses Condit present the following viz : 
Josiah Baldwin, Abijah Harrison, Capt. 
Abner Crowel, Enos Pierson, Daniel 
Dodd, When they proceeded to appoint 
this Chairman Josiah Baldwin being 
unanimously elected they proceeded to 
business John Hedden and Noah Mat- 
thews appeared and declined serving as 
Constables agreeable to their appoint- 
ment at town meeting the township 
Committee proceeded to and appointed 
two others viz: Josiah L. Day and 



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Josiah Leonard. (The usual bonds were 
then taken from the township officers) 
the town Committee agree to leave 
Robert Earl's Note which when collected 
amounted to $6 with Stephen D. Day 
Esqr., for collection, the Committee gave 
out a number of Certificates for over- 
seers of highway and agree if any of 
sd Committee be called upon for Cer- 
tificate to make out one signed by order 
of the Chairman no other business ap- 
pearing before them they adjou/ned. 

1812 June 24 the town committee met 
at Samuel Munns present Josiah Bald- 
win, Abijah Harrison, Enos Pierson, and 
Daniel Dodd. and proceeded to settle the 
district of mountain road near Cyrus 
Freemans and appointed Jared Harrison 
Overseer of sd district. 

Orange 5th April 1813. The Town- 
ship Committee meet at the house of 
Moses Condit at nine o'clock in the 
morning present the following viz: 
Josiah Baldwin, Abijah Harrison Enos 
Pierson. Abner Crowel and Daniel 
Dodd when the proceeded to business 
they made a settlement with the town 
Collector and Constables of the town- 
ship Josiah L. Day one of the Con- 
stables of the township made the fol- 
lowing Return that he had not been able 
to collect the following taxes. (Here 
follow eight names amounting to $5.10) 

Orange April lyih 1813. The Orange 
Township Committee Meet at the house 
of Ira Munn Jr. at g o'clock in the 
Morning. Present Josiah Baldwin, Enos 
Pierson, Abner Crowell, & Abraham 
Winans. absent Abijah Harrison. When 
they proceed to Business and Josiah 
Baldwin was Elected President of said 
Board & Abraham Winans Elected Clk. 
(The usual bonds were taken.) Enos 
Pierson was appointed to Call on Mr. 
Brinkerhoof for the money that he owed 
the town no other business before the 
Committee they adjourned to Meet at 
the house of Moses Condit Jr. on the 
Second Monday in May. 

May gth 1S13. The Township Com- 
mittee meet at the house of Moses Con- 
dit Jr. at nine o'clock in the Morning. 
Present Josiah Baldwin, Cham., Abijah 
Harrison, Abner Crowell, Enos Pierson, 
& Abraham Winans Clk. And Proceeded 
divide the Districts of Road and give 
the Overseers the portion of Road to 
keep in order by John Peck, Ezra Gilder- 
sleeve, Amos Freeman, Cyrus Freeman, 
Uzal Dodd, Caleb Harrison, Timothy 
Williams, Aron Crowell, & William 
Perry, and then adjourned to Meet the 
Next Saturday at Ira Muns. 

May 15th 1813. The Town Com- 
mittee meet according to adjournment at 



the house of Ira Munn. Present Josiah 
Baldwin, Chm. Abner Crowell, Enos 
Pierson, Abijah Harrison and Abraham 
Winans, and proceed to give out Certifi- 
cates tr the overseers of the highway 
viz. Elihu Crowell, Timothy Ball, 
Ruben Ward, Jacob Harrison, Benjamin 
Lindsley, Daniel Dodd, Moses Orsboun, 
Erastus Pierson, Henry Townley, 
Stephen Tichenor & Abijah Harrison, 
no more business we adjourned. 

October 12th. on Monday evening 
the town Committee Meet at the house of 
Moses Condit jr. present Josiah Baldwin, 
chairman, Abijah Harrison, Abner 
Crowell, Enos Pierson & Abraham 
Winans. and proceed to appoint one 
overseer of the highway and one Com- 
missioner of appeal when Josiah Frost 
was chosen for both of the offices. This 
vacancy was occasioned by the death of 
Stephen Tichenor and Enos Pierson was 
appointed to call on Brinkerhoof for 
money and no more business we ad- 
journed. 

April 7th 1814. The Township Com- 
mittee of Orange meet at the house of 
Ira Munn at Nine o'clock in the morning 
Present Josiah Baldwin, Abner Crowell, 
Enos Pierson, Abijah Harrison & Abra- 
ham Winans, and proceed to settle with 
the town Collector and all other Persons 
that appeared to have business with 
them the Constable made his Return of 
bad debts that he could not coliec t of the 
foUoiving. (Eleven names amounting to 
$8.13). 

■ April 18 1814. The township Committee 
meet at the house of Moses Condit Jr. at 
9 o'clock in the Morning present Josiah 
Baldwin, Abijah Harrison, Daniel Dodd, 
Abner Crowell, & Abraham Winans, and 
proceed to bus. when Josiah Baldwin 
was chosen chairman and Abraham Win- 
ans Clk. Josiah Leonard one of the Con- 
stables appeared with his security and 
gave their bonds for one thousand dol- 
lars, & John Reock appeared with his 
security and gave Bond to the amount 
of one thousand dollars and there where 
viz. Josiah Leonard & John Reock 
sworninto office. John Ouimby Collec- 
tor appeared and and give his Bond for 
one thousand dollars with Hiram Quim- 
by security feptha Baldwin one of the 
overseers of the poor appeared and where 
sworn into office and we gave out a 
number of surtifecates to overseers of 
the Road Isaac Pierson one of the Over- 
seers of Road Came forward and De- 
clared he would not serve as one of the 
overseers of the Road and he declined to 
serve, the town Committee ordered the 
town Clerk to call a town Meeting as 
soon as Convenient Abraham Baldwin 



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■one of the overseers of the poor for Last 
year appeared and the town committee 
Settled with him, his own accompt 
against the town and for the strays and 
no other business we adjourned. 

Orange, April 2d, 1815. the Orange 
Township Committee Meet at the house 
•of Ira Munn on Monday April 2d, at 10 
o'clock in the Morning Present. Josiah 
Baldwin char. Abijah Harrison, Daniel 
Dodd, Abner Crowell, & Abraham Win- 
.ans Clk. and proceeded to settle with 
John Quimby, Josiah Leonard, John 
Reock, William Williams, John Lindsley, 
Daniel Kilbourn, Nathan Williams for 
damage done to his sheep & Zebina Dodd 
for damage done to his sheep Nathaniel 
B. Gardner for damage done to his sheep 
and adjourned to meet on Friday at Mos- 
es Condit at 2 Clk in the afternoon Abra- 
ham Winans Clk. 

John Reock returned as bad debts the 
following Names. (Fitteen names amount- 
ing to $I4.37)- 

Orange April 6th 181 5 the Orange 
Township Committee Meet at the house 
of Moses Condit Jr. at 2 o'clock in the 
afternoon and there where present (same 
as above) and proceeded to business and 
settled with John B. Bald for damag don 
his sheep by Dogs wich sum $4 dolls 8 
Cents and proceeded to settle with Jeptha 
Baldwin. 

The Township Committee of (")range 
Meet at the house of Moses Condit J on 
the 17th day of April 1815 at Nine o'clock 
in the morr.ing Present Josiah Baldwin, 
Abijah Harrison, abner Crowell, Nathan 
Williams & Abraham Winans and pro- 
ceed to business when Josiah Baldwin 
was Chosen Chairman and Abraham 
Winans Clk. John Reock one of the 
Constables appeared with his security 
Daniel Matthews and gave their bond to 
the township for 1000 dollars for his true 
performance Dan'el Ball one of the Con- 
stables appeared with Joseph W. Camp, 
his security, and gave their Bond for 
1000 dolls for his true performance John 
Quimby appeared with John Porter his 
security and gave their Bond for 1000 
dollar for his true performance as Col- 
lector, and a number of the overseers of 
the Roads appeared and got their Certifi- 
cats and no further business we adjoined. 

The Orange Township Commttee Meet 
at the house of Ira Munn on Wednesday 
the third day of April 1816 at Nine O'clock 
in the .Morning- (Same present as above.) 
and proceed to Settle with John Quinby 
Collector, and balance his accoimt and 
Settled with William Williams and Jeptha 
Baldwin overseers of the poor and paid 
Jude Lindsley his Bill for sevices done the 



town and appointed William Williams & 
Jeptha Baldwin to secure the property of 
the widow Wilson for the town paid John 
Reock his Bill for services done the town 
& David Ball for liis services done the 
town and no further Business we ad- 
journed to Meet on Saturday 6 day of 
April at i o'clock in the^ afternoon at the 
house of Moses Condit Jr. Bades Debts 
returned by the Constable John Reock for 
the year 1815 (Two names, $2.25.) 

the town Ship Committee meet at the 
house of Moses Condit Jr. on Saturday 
the 6th day of April 1816 (All present as 
above.) and proceed to settle with Stephen 
D. Day for his services & paid him for 
one Lamb killed by Dogs I1.50 Cash on it 
$2.00 and then proceed to make out a 
Statement to lay before the town Meeting 
and no further business we adjourned to 
Meet at the same Place on Monday at 
Nme O'clock in the morning. 

Monday May 8th the Township Com- 
mittee met and organized and took the 
customary bonds from the Township 
officers . 

On May i8th the Committee settled with 
the last years overseers as usual. * * 
Isaac Fierson applyed for pay for doctor- 
ing . in the year 1814 by the 

direction of the overseers of the poor \ve 
voted that he should bee paid for his ser- 
vices the time that she was not at perry 
the farmers of tlie poors, Jeptha Baldwin 
presented his Bill for pay for sheep killed 
by Dogs also Jabez Pierson presented his 
Bill for the Like wich Bills was left in the 
trunk and not payed no further business 
we adjourned. 

The meetings of April 8th and April 
12th 18 1 7 were devoted to tlie usual re- 
ports of the non-collecting of taxes, and a 
large number of claims for sheep killed 
by dogs, all of which were paid. 

The next meeting of importance was on 
May 13th, 1817, when the record reads * 
* The object of the meeting being to 
take into consideration the propriety of 
joining Bloomtield Township in Purchas- 
iniJ- a farm, on which to build a Poor 
House ; when it was unanimously agreed 
That the Town Committee and the Over- 
seers of the Poor should go and view a 
farm in Bloomtield Township, and meet 
on Saturday i6th Inst at 12 O'clock at the 
House of Daniel Kilburns for that pur- 
pose. 

May i6th 1817, the record reads. The 
Overseers not attending, we proceeded to 
Bloomfield and after viewing the afore- 
said farm we agreed to let it rest for the 
present. 

December 20th. 1817, the next meeting 
of the Committee, the record runs, * * 
The Town Committee met by Request of 
the Chairman at the House of Moses 



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Condit Junr. to consult on measures re- 
specting a poor house, And having called 
upon several of the respectable inhabi- 
tants of The Township, when after due 
deliberation it was agreed that the sub- 
ject be Postponed untill the next annual 
Town meeting and that all present do 
promulgate the same. 

Ten meetings of the Committee follow 
with no business transacted that was re- 
corded except on April gth, i8ig. Three 
children were bound out for Eighty dol- 
lars and this memorandum appears. 
" Abraham Winans gave his private Note 
to Moses Lindsley which is endorsed on 
his note of hand in favor of the Town." 

From this point on the records are ex- 
ceedingly meagre and only note the 
meeting of the Committee, and the per- 
functory taking of bonds from the Town- 
ship officials. The interesting features 
will hereafter only be noted. 

April 20th, 1819. The object of the meet- 
ing was to adopt some method of appoint- 
ing an overseer of the Poor. William 
Williams declined serving but by per- 
suasion consented to serve. 

May 3d, 1819, a resolution was passed 
" that the Town Collector be instructed 
to pay over to the Treasurer of the Town- 
ship all monies by him collected lor the 
use of the Town, of which resolution he 
has been duly notified." 

April 14th, 1821. " Settled with Daniel 
Dodd treasurer of last year and found a 
Ballance in his hands of $306 7-100 dol- 
lars seven Cents and a note of one hun- 
dred dollars signed by Jonas Smith & 
John Ouimby, wich he paid over to the 
clerk for the present year." 

May loth, 1823. " The committee agreed 
to set of a destrict of road beginning at 
Samuel Lindsley runing from thence to 
Wm. Condits taking the road called cone 
street, also the destrict of road begin ing at 
S. D. Day Esq. runing to a gully in said 
road and appointed Daniel D. Condit, 
overseer ot said road for the ensuing 
year." 

April 15th 1826 The Committee decided 
to "meet on April 19th at the house of 
David Munn to view the different farms in 
the township which are offered for sale for 
a poor farm." 

April 19, "the committee spent the day 
in going over a number of farms to select 
the most suitable one to locate the poor 
farm and appointed William Williams, 
Joel Harrison and Aaron Peck to get N. 
Baldwin and Josiah Baldwin's lowest price 
for their farms." 

April 2ist. "Abraham Winans, William 
Williams & Aaron Peck a committee to 
Call on Neamiah Baldwin & Josiah Baldwin 
and get their lowest pi ice for their farms." 



April 24th 1826. " The committee agreed 
unanimously to offer Jeptha Baldwin for 
Uzal Baldwin's farm 2800 hundred dollars 
which was done and by the chairman and 
accepted by J. Baldwin provided the said 
farm does not fall short of 57J acres and if 
it does a reduction to be made on all short 
of 58 acres at 35 dollars per acre, the 
Chairman appointed William Williams, D. 
D. Condit & Ichabod Condit to attend on 
Friday 28th inst. on said farm at 9 o'clock 
A. M. to run out said farm." 

April 29th 1826. ''The committee met 
and settled with Jeptha Baldwin for Uzal 
Baldwin's farm the committee and over- 
seers of the poor to Give their not Uzal 
Baldwin payable the 1st day of January 
1827 with interest for . . 645.25 

Mortgage to Joseph Demarest $500 

interest 30 . . . , . 530.00 
Mortgage to Abraham Ackerman 

1500 interest due 60 . . 1560.00 



2735-25 

May 20, 1826 "The Committee agreed 
to offer Doc. I. Pierson Fifteen dollars to 
Doctor the poor for one year." 

May 22d, The committee agreed to build 
a milk house. 

May 24, The committee appointed Aaron 
Peck & D. D Condit to attend to the build- 
ing of the milk house. 

October 7, 1826 The town committee 
appointed Abraham Winans, & William 
Williams, a committee to superintend the 
poor farm. 

January 6, 1827. "The Town committee 
appointed Abraham Winans, and Joel Har- 
rison to Purchase a lot Chesnt timber." 

March 14, 1827 "The town committee 
appointed Abraham Winans to Purchase 
cows for the poor farm." 

May 3d, 182S. The town committee 
meet at Mr. Condit at 3 o'clock P. M, & 
agreed to appropriat the following sums 
to the definit Schools in Said township. 
N. Farms, $14.00, W. Destrict, $14.00, 
Corner, $10.00, Jeptha Baldwin, $14.00, 
Camptown, $10.00, South School, $14.00, 
Spring School, $14.00, Peck School, 
$14.00, White school, $14.00, Freeman 
School, $14.00, Academy, $28 00, Dodd 
School, $14.00. 

April loth 1830. ■' Resolved, that the 
committee borrow two hundred dollars 
to pay up the bills for the year which was 
obtained of Jonas Smith, Ambrose Con- 
dit, Ichabod Condit & Moses Lindsley at 
9 months from the loth inst." 

April 14th 1832. "That Ten dollars 
be appropriated to the district of road of 
which John E. Courter is overseer, an 
appropriation of Ten dollars was made 
to the district of road of which Jonathan 
Lindsley is overseer." 



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October 20th, 1832. " Resolved That 
Aaron Brown be appointed Commis- 
sioner of Appeal in place of Joel Harri- 
son who neglected to take the oath of 
office according to law." 

June 13th, 1S33. " Resolved that the 
Town Clerk be instructed to advertize a 
Special Town Meeting on Saturday the 
22d inst. at 6 o'clock P. M. at the house 
of Benjamin S. Jarvis, to appoint an 
overseer of the poor in place of William 
Williams, deed, and two Commissioners 
of Appeal." 

Orange, February 14th, 1S34. " Re- 
solved that One hundred Dollars be ap- 
propriated from the funds of the town- 
ship to defray the expences of delegates 
to attend the Legislature now in session 
at Trenton to oppose the bill now pend- 
ing to set off a new township in part 
from the Township of Orange." 

The Township Committees of the 
Township of Orange and Clinton met 
this Twenty-sixth day of April Eighteen 
hundred and thirty-four for the purpose 
of settling and dividing the property be- 
tween the said two townships agreeable 
to the provisions of an act which passed 
the legislature of New Jersey February 
the Nineteenth in the year aforesaid. 
And also for the division of the poor 
belonging to the aforesaid two townships. 

Whereupon it was agreed as follows, 
viz: — That the Inhabitants of the Town- 
ship of Orange shall pay to the In- 
habitants of the Township of Clinton, 
the sum of Nine Hundred and twenty- 
five dollars on or before the first day of 
April eighteen hundred thirty five with 
Interest from this date untill paid. And 
the aforesaid Committee have alloted to 
the Township of Clinton the following 
poor persons as of right belonging to 

ihem viz.— A O , J B , 

H W , S O , G L , 

and R L , And the said Com- 
mittees have agreed to let their respective 
Council decide to which of the said two 
townships the following persons do of 



right belong viz,— M C and her 

three children. And the aforesaid com- 
mittees have agreed that the Township of 
Clinton shall pay one quarter of the ex- 
pence in supporting the paupers of ne- 
cessity now chargeable to Orange Town- 
ship. And the Township of Clinton 
shall remove all the poor persons be- 
longing to them within three days from 
this date. And the aforesaid Township 
of Clinton agrees to receive the afore- 
said sum of Nine Hundred twenty five 
Dollars as their proportion in full of all 
demands against the aforesaid Town- 
ship of Orange. 



Alvali Sherman, 
Obadiali Meeker, 
Lewis Piersun, 
James Van Hoiitei 
Ezra Duraiid Jr. 



Jonas Smitli, 
Stephen Condit, 
Edward Gniett, 
Danl. Dodd, 
Ambrose Condit. 



H2.0 

|3 3 



May loth, 1S34. " Resolved that an ap- 
propriation be made from the funds of 
the Township sufficient to erect a pound 
and That Jonas Smith and Daniel Dodd 
be a Committee to attend to procuring 
material for the aforesaid purpose." 

April 2d, 1836. " The Township Com- 
mittee met at the house of Benjamin S. 
Jarvis, and for causes they deemed 
sufficient adjourned to the house of 
Isaac A. Smith." 

April ]ith, 1840. "The Town Com- 
mittee on settlement with John Strong 
Superintendent of the Poor Farm, the 
Town Com. found due him Eighty-nine 
Dollars when on motion it was resolved 
the said sum be allowed him with inter- 
est from first of April 1840 until paid." 

Orange, April i6th, 1S42. * * "It 
was resolved to Present James Crowel 
with ten dollars for taking care of Mr. 
Y , in his last sickness." 

April 2oth, 1844. * ■* "Resold. 
That Jonathan S. Williams take legal 
advice respecting the resolution past at 
the annual meeting for the raising the 
sum of 500 dollars for repairing the main 
road through Orange." 



ROAD DISTRICTS IN 1844. 



District No. i, William Peck Overseer. 
Commencing at the Newark Township 
line, extending to the top of the hill 
opposite the old burying ground, in- 
cluding Munn Lane and the district of 
road commencing on the top of the first 
mountain near Henry Walker's and ex- 
tending to Burnt Swamp brook the said 
Overseer being entitled to all the hands 
belonging on said district excepting 
Allen Dodd, Moses Harrison, Moses B. 
Harrison, Andrew Salter, Jacob Harri- 
son, William V. Harrison, and Theodore 
I. Harrison, including High street to C. 
Robinson's sand hill excepting the 
mountain road above mentioned. 

District No 2, Edward Condit, Com- 
mencing on the top of the hill at the 
burying ground, thence over the top of 
the mountain on the North field road to 
the swamp road, also that part of Dark 
Lane beginning at James Williams and 
extending to the second bridge, also the 
road from Broad street to the Bridge 
near William Stites together with the 
road from the turnpike , near Caleb 
Condit's to the Episcopal church. 

District No. 3, Noah Baldwin Over- 
seer, Commencing at the mouth of 
Whiskey Lane including said lane, to 
Bloomfield Township line, also the boil- 
ing spring road to the Newark line, also 
the road leading from said lane to Cherry 
street, also Cherry street, from Caleb 
Baldwin's to the Bloomfield Line in- 
cluding William Street, from Stephen 
Jones' House to Mulberry street, with 
Mulberry street and Walnut street, com- 
mencing from Moses Jones' farm thence 
to William street. 

William Street, Walnut street. Mul- 
berry street. Cherry street, and the 
road from Lewis Baldwin's to Whiskey 
Lane, set off into a new district and 
called district No. 22. 

District No. 4. E. M. Dodd, over- 
seer. Commencing at the brick Church 
from thence to the Doddtown road, also 
that part of said road from Bloomfield 
Township line to the arch bridge near 
Calvin Dodd's. 

District No. 5. Calvin Dodd, Over- 
seer. Beginning at the bridge near 



Calvin Dodd's house from thence across 
the Crane town road to the swinefield 
road near Caleb Wlliams' house, in- 
cluding said Crane town road from the 
bridge near the factory to the bridge 
near James Crane's. 

District No. 6. Ira Harrison over- 
seer. Beginning at S. W. Baldwin's 
store from thence up to the road to 
Caleb Williams, thence to the bridge 
near Ira Condit's including that part of 
the Crane town road from Peter Van 
Houten's to the bridge near the factory, 
together with the mountoin road from 
the burnt Swamp bridge to the rock 
near I Herdman. 

District No. 7. Aaron Williams, Over- 
seer. Begining B. Days, from thence 
to William Norrison, (Park street) in- 
cluding William street from E. O. Roff's 
to Edward Gruett's Hillyer street, Pat- 
terson street, Baldwin street, Harrison 
street, from E. Gruett's to Broad street, 
with the road from the house formerly 
of Bethuel Williams, to the road lead- 
ing to Northfield in an easterly direction, 
with the mountain road from near Henry 
Walker's (top of mountain) to the burnt 
swamp. 

District No. 8. Abraham Williams, 
Overseer. Beginning at the bridge near 
Ira Harrison's farm, thence up the 
Swinefield road to the top of the mount- 
ain near Henry Walker's including the 
road from Isaac A. Harrison's to the 
bridge beyond William Stites' also that 
part of the Swinefield road from the 
burnt swamp brook to the big rock in 
the road a short distance below Zebulon 
Condit's with that part of Perry Lane, 
from the Swinefield road to George 
Blackburn's together with the road from 
Eleazer Williams to the Bloomfield line. 
District No 9. Thomas D. Woodruff, 
overseer. Beginning in Perry Lane at 
George Blackburn's, from thence to the 
Newark and Mt. Pleasant Turnpike, 
from thence to the road leading from the 
Northfield road to Jotham Pierson's. 

District No. 10. Robert McChesney, 
Overseer, beginning at S. D. Day's and 
comprising Day street, William street 
from Day street to Canfield street also 



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to Parrow Brook, with Canfield street 
and William street from Day street to 
C. Robinson's sand hill. 

District No. ii. Hiram Condit, Over- 
seer. Beginning at the big rock below 
the house of Hiram Condit, including 
that part of the Swinefield road from 
said rock to another rock in the road in 
the Livingston township line, including 
Corby Lane, to the Caldwell Township 
line. Also the road from Uriah Garra- 
brant's to the bridge near Thomas Vin- 
cent's. 

District No. 12. Jonathan W. De- 
Camp, overseer. Beginning at the 
bridge near Thomas Vincent's to the 
Newark and Mount Pleasant Turnpike, 
also that part of the swamp road from 
the turnpike to the brook crossing the 
road at Jepiha Condit's gate. 

District No. 13. David W. Condit, 
Overseer. Beginning at the Newark and 
Mount Pleasant Turnpike near the dwell- 
ing house formerly of Smith Condit, 
from thence to the swamp road. 

District No. 14. Daniel S. Williams, 
Overseer. Beginning at the Northfield 
Road near Linus Williams' from thence 
to the road leading across the mountain 
near the house formerly of Bethuel 
Williams thence across the mountain to 
the cross road with that part of the 
swamp road from Jepiha Condit's gate 
to the gate leading to the old saw mill. 

District No. 15. Elias Meeker Over- 
seer. Beginning at the gate leading to 
the old saw mill thence to the Northfield 
road with that part of the Northfield 
road from the swamp road to the Livings- 
ton Township line then along the road 
leading to Kern's mill to the Clinton 
Township line. 

District No. 16. Ziba E. Tomkins, 



Overseer. Beginning at the brook cross- 
ing the road in the dark lane from thence 
to the Freemantown road that part of 
the Freemantown road from the bridge 
near the house of John H. Matthews to 
the Walker Road with the Walker road 
up the mountain and to Rock Spring 
with that part of the Freemantown road 
from the Walker road to the bridge near 
Rufus Freeman's includingsaid Freeman. 

District No. 17. Ira Freeman over- 
seer. 

District No. 18. Moses B. Canfield 
Overseer. Beginning at Broad street 
from thence to or near a nursery beyond 
the dwelling house of Jotham Quinby 
with that part of the Freemantown road 
from Scotland street to the bridge near 
John Matthews hatter shop. 

District No. 19. Daniel Dodd, Over- 
seer. Comprising Center street to the 
Clinton Township line with Cone street 
and the road leading from Center street 
to Benjamin Condit's 

District No. 20. Richard B. Harrison 
Overseer. Beginning at Peter Gruett's 
and extending to Center street. 

District No. 21. John Tomkins over- 
seer. 

District No. 22. Beginning at the 
corner of Whiskey Lane and including 
the road from thence to Cherry street, 
with Cherry street to the Bloomfield 
township line. Walnut street and Mul- 
berry street and Williams street. 

District No. 23. Commencing with the 
junction of the railroad with the main 
street, and extending to the Arch Bridge 
over Parrow's Brook. 

District No. 24. Commencing at the 
Bridge over Parrow's Brook and extend- 
ing to the top of the hill near the gate of 
the Episcopal Church yard. 



PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. 



P^^ 

By Jf H. C. .o^d<c^ 



Amos Harrison, " Esq.," the Moderator 
of the first town meeting in 1807, and 
re-elected to that position at various times 
until 1823, was in his day a very prom- 
inent citizen. He was the fifth in de- 
scent from Sergeant Richard Harrison, 
who came to Newark with the Colonists 
in 1666-7, and was a son of Matthew 
Harrison, a brother of Major Aaron Har- 
rison, who was the father of Aaron Burr 
Harrison, who died in East Orange in 
18S4. Amos was born in 1755 and died 
in 1832. 

Nathaniel Bruen, the first Town Clerk, 
was born in 1769 and died in 1829. His 
wife was Abby, daughter of Captain 
George Harrison, of Bloomfield. He was 
a prominent teacher and lived on Main 
street in a house still standing, after- 
wards the home of his brother-in-law, 
Elder John Nicol, whose wife Ann was 
Bruen's wife's sister. He moved from 
Orange in 1814. Mr. Bruen was the fifth 
in descent from John Bruen, son of Oba- 
diah, who came to Newark with the Col- 
onists in 1667, the line being Obadiah, 
John, Eleazor, Timothy. 

Dr. Isaac Pierson, who was elected 
Assessor at the first town meeting, was 
in his day a notable physician in the 
Oranges. He was the second in descent 
from Dr. Matthew Pierson to Dr. William 
Pierson, to Dr. William Pierson Jr., the 
present well known physician. His line 
in descent was Dr. Matthias, 1734-1809. 
Samuel, 1698-1781. Samuel, 1663-1730. 
Thomas, Sr., who came to Newark with 
the Colonists in 1666. Dr. Isaac Pierson 
was born in 1770 and died in 1833. 

Nathan Squier, who was elected Asses- 
sor at the first town meeting, was prob 
ably a son of Captain Henry Squier, of 
South Orange. He was born in 1766 and 
died in 1827. He had four sons and a 
daughter, Hannah, who married Daniel 
Condit. 

Daniel Condit, who was elected Asses- 



sor in 1810 at the fourth annual town 
meeting, was the oldest son of Amos 
Condit and Dorcas Harrison, and was 
born in 1783. He was the fifth in de- 
scent from John Condit, in Newark, 1678. 
His election at the age of 27, and con- 
tinuance in office until his death, was 
a tribute to worth and moral excellence. 
About 1810 he built the house on the 
corner of Main and Prospect streets, East 
Orange, where he resided until his death 
in 1820. His only son, Daniel Harrison 
Condit, resides with a married daughter 
in East Orange. 

John Quinby, the Collector elected at 
the second town meeting in 1808, and 
continued in office as Collector or As- 
sessor until 1*535, was a son of Moses 
Quinby. He was born in 1770 and died 
in 1839. His father, Moses, lived on 
Main street on the site of the present 
depot of the Watchung Branch of the 
Erie railroad in Orange. His brother 
Caleb was Town Clerk for one year, 1808. 
John was the sixth in descent from Wil- 
liam Quinby, of Stratford, Conn., the 
line being William, John, Josiah, Josiah, 
Moses. 

Daniel Williams, who was elected a 
member of the first Town Committee in 
1807, was a son of Eleazer Williams and 
Mary Ball, probably a daughter of Tim- 
othy Ball, of Thomas. He (Daniel) was 
born in 1771 and died in August, 
1836. His wife was Naomi Dodd, of 
James, of John, born in 1780 and died in 
1851. He was the fifth in descent from 
Matthew Williams, of VVethersfield, 
Conn., whose son Matthew, came to 
Newark and was admitted a planter in 
16S0. He soon after made his residence 
in the Oranges, having his home in what 
was long known as Tory Corner, at the 
foot of the mountain, near the terminus of 
the Orange and Newark Traction Com- 
pany. Daniel had two children; an only 
son, Abraham, was a well known man in 



his day in the Oranges, a cabinet maker 
by trade, and lived on Washington street, 
east of Valley road, in West Orange. 

John Dean, elected one of the first 
Town Committee in 1S07, was a shoe 
manufacturer, his home and place of 
business being on Main street, a short 
distance east of Prospect street. East 
Orange. His father, John, was the first 
of the name known by the writer in the 
Oranges There were three sons, 

two of whom were in the shoe 
business, and one daughter, Jane, who 
married Phineas Campbell, son of 
John Campbell. John Dean was born in 
1757 and died in 1851. He was twice 
married, his hrst wife and the mother of 
his seven children, was Nancy Harrison, 
daughter of Isaac Harrison, and was the 
fifth in descent from Serg.ant Richard 
Harrison. The only one of the male 
members of the Dean family in the 
Oranges is Horace J., a grandson of 
John, residing on Hillyer street, this 
city. 

Abijah Harrison, known as Captain 
Abijah, the third member of the first 
Town Committee, was a son of Mat- 
thew Harrison and Martha Dodd and 
was the fifth in descent from Sergeant 
Richard Harrison, one of the found- 
ers of Newark. His grandfather, Sam- 
uel Harrison, was one of the early set- 
tlers in the Oranges, and married Jem- 
ima Williams, daughter of Matthew. 
Captain Abijah was born in 1751 and 
died in 1846; his wife was Sarah Ogden. 
He had six sons and three daughters. 
One of his sons, Abijah, Jr., inherited 
the homestead and was known to the 
older ones of the present generation. 
The house built by his grandfather, 
Samuel, in 1723, is still standing on 
Washington street, east of the Valley 
road, in West Orange. 

Stephen D. Day, generally known as 
Squire Day, was elected as the fourth 
member of the first Town Committee. 
He was born in Camptown, now Irving- 
ton, in 1772. When a young man he 
came to Orange, where he married Sarah 
Lindsley, daughter of Judge John Lind- 
sley, and after her death her sister, Mary 
Lindsley. He was in partnership 
with his brother-in-law, John Morris 
Lindsley, during the early years of his 
business life. About iSio he built on 
the corner of Main and Day street, the 
house being a combination of store and 
dwelling; here he resided until his death 
in 1856. Judge Day was the fifth in 
descent from George Day, son of George, 
the ancestor in this country. The line 
being George, Joseph, Jonathan, David, 
Stephen D. 



Captain Thomas Baldwin, who was 
elected as the fifth member of the first 
Town Committee, lived at Lyons Farms, 
in the southern end of the township. He 
was a son of Nathan Baldwin and Joanna 
Meeker, and was born in 1746. His wife 
was Sarah Camp, daughter of Job Camp. 
Captain Thomas Baldwin married for his 
second wife Elizabeth Bailey, widow of 
Abner Bailey. He died in 1821, leaving 
four sons and two daughters. Captain 
Thomas was the fifth in descent from 
Joseph Baldwin, the ancestor. The line 
being Joseph, Jonathan, John, Nathan, 
Captain Thomas. 

Stephen Tichenor, who was elected as 
one of the Surveyors of the Highways at 
the first town meeting, was a son of John 
Tichenor and Mary Williams and was 
born about 1778. He was the si.xth in 
descent from Martin Tichenor and Mary 
Charles. The line being Martin (one of 
the settlers of Nevvark [1667] from Bran- 
ford, Conn.) ; John, Martin, David, 
Stephen. His wife was Jane Pierson, 
daughter of Zenas, and was the fifth in 
descent from Thomas Pierson, the New- 
ark ancestor. Stephen Tichenor had four 
sons and one daughter. The youngest 
son, Stephen W., was born in 1813 and 
died in 1883. He was a well known 
citizen of the Oranges, and Waldo B. 
Tichenor, who died 1892 at the age of 52 
years, was a grand-son. 

Jonas Smith, who was elected at the 
first town meeting as a Surveyor of the 
Highways, was a son of James Smith 
and Eleanor Harrison. He was born in 
1773 and was held in high esteem and 
often elected to public office. He was 
twice elected to the Legislature and was 
a County Freeholder for many years. 
He died in 1848. He was the fourth in 
descent from James Smith, the ancestor, 
and one of the first settlers of the Oranges. 
James, the ancestor, was born about 1665 
and died in 1727. His wife was Mary 
Crane, daughter of Deacon Azariah Crane, 
son of Jasper, the ancestor in Nevvark 
1666. Jonas Smith was married twice. 
His first wife was Peninah Ward, daugh- 
ter of Thomas. His second wife was 
Eliza (Clark) Tucker. Two of the sons 
of Jonas Smith are living in this city, 
George Washington and Marshall N. 
Smith. 

John Lindsley, Esq., and Samuel Con- 
dit, selected at the first town meeting to 
represent the infant township in the 
County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 
were truly representative men from old 
Orange families. The first named was a 
son of Benjamin Lindsley and Mary 
Morris and a grand-son of Ebenezer 
Lindsley, who came to Newark with his 



father from Branford, Conn., in 1667, 
when two years of age. Judge John 
was an only son, born in 1752. He 
married Phebe Baldwin, daughter of 
Israel Baldwin, of Joseph, of Benjamin, 
of Joseph the ancestor and one of the 
first settlers ol Newark. Judge John 
had two sons and six daughters. His 
oldest son was John Morris, of the well 
known house of Lindsleys in this city. 
He was born in 17S4 and died in 1S63. 
His two sons. Nelson and George, suc- 
ceeded their father in the business. 
Judge John died in 1S19. His widow 
died in 1S39. 

Samuel Condit, the associate of Judge 
John Lindsley on the County Board of 
Chosen Freeholders, was a son of Daniel 
Gondii, a farmer in Pleasant Valley, 
between the First and Second mountains. 
Samuel was the fifth in descent from 
John Condit, who settled in Newark in 
1678. He was born in 1761 and married 
Hannah Harrison, daughter of Ichabod 
Harrison, of Nathaniel, of Joseph, of 
Sergeant Richard, one of the first settlers 
of Newark. After his marriage he lived 
on a farm in what was then known as 
Tory Corner, where he died in 1822. 
His widow died in 1S55. He had a 
family of eleven children, three sons and 
•eight daughters. His second son, Ira 
H., is living at Roseland in his 8gth 
year. His oldest son Samuel, who was 
born in 1798, and died in 1864, was the 
father of Samuel Dixon Condit. of East 
Orange, and William P. Condit, of this 
city. 

David Munn, elected one of the Com- 
missioners of Appeal at the first town 
meeting, was a son of Benjamin Munn, 
of John, the ancestor of the Munn family 
in the Oranges. He was the fourth child 
and second son of a family of eleven 
children. His sister Hepzibah, the 

youngest of the family, was the wife of 
Jotham Condit. He was born in 1761 
and married Abigail Baldwin, daughter 
of Moses, who was the fourth in descent 
from Joseph Baldwin, the Newark an- 
cestor. He was an extensive farmer, his 
home being on what is now known as 
Munn avenue, East Orange. His oldest 
son Lewis was the father of Thompson 
Condit Munn, of East Orange, and of 
Asa B. Munn, who died in 1S74, and who 
was the father of Joseph L Munn, the 
well known lawyer. 

Jabez D. Kilburn, second one of the 
Commissioners of Appeal, was probably 
a son of Gershom Kilburn, of South 
Orange, who appears among the signers 
in 1753 on a subscription towards build- 
ing the second meeting house. Jabez D. 
■was born in 1773 and died in 1S49. He 



was a farmer, his home being on the 
South Orange road south of Center 
street. His wife was Esther Baldwin, 
daughter of Isaac, of David, a great- 
grand-son of Joseph, the ancestor. They 
had three sons and three daughters. The 
oldest son was Thomas D., born 1797, 
who married Abby Condit, daughter of 
Samuel, the Freeholder. Thomas D. 
Kilburn died in 18S2. His son Ira C. is 
a resident of South Orange. 

Colonel Abram Winans, elected third 
member as Commissioners of Appeal at 
the first town meeting, and subsequently 
as .Moderator and Town Committeeman 
for several years, was a man of note in 
his day. He came from an Elizabeth- 
town family and was probably the first 
of the name in the Oranges. His house 
on Main street, next above Parrow brook, 
was subsequently the house of Albert 
Pierson, the father of Albert F. Pierson, 
of East Orange. Col. Winans was a 
shoemaker by trade but was engaged for 
several years in the manufacture of 
leather, his tannery and vats being on 
the east of his dwelling next to Parrow 
brook. He was born in 1772 and died in 
1859. His wife was Sarah Cone. He 
had two sons, one, David Ryerson 
Winans, formerly of East Orange, who 
died in 1883. His wife was Frances 
Caroline Freeman, daughter of Jotham 
Freeman, of Cyrus, of a well known 
Orange family. y 

Noah Matthew^ who was elected Con- 
stable at the first town meeting, and at 
subsequent meetings as Moderator or 
Judge of Election, was a son of William, 
of Daniel, the first of the name known 
by the writer in the Oranges. Daniel, 
the ancestor, or his son Daniel, tradition 
says, lived in a house built on Park 
street, west side, a few feet from Main. 
His wife was Rebecca Baldwin, daughter 
of Joseph, of Jonathan, of Joseph. He 
(Daniel) is presumed to have died in 
early manhood, as his widow married 
John Campbell. They had three sons 
and two daughters. Noah, the eldest, 
was born in 1770 and married Phebe 
Harrison, daughter of Simeon Harrison, 
of Amos, of Samuel, of Samuel, of Ser- 
geant Richard. He lived on what is 
now the northeast corner of Main street 
and Essex avenue, this city. He had one 
child. Nancy, who married Dr. Daniel 
Babbitt. She died in 1S28. Noah died 
in 1S51. 

Joel Condit, elected one of-the Over- 
seers of the Highway at the first town 
meeting, was a son of Daniel Condit, 
son of Samuel, grandson of John, the 
ancestor. He was a farmer living in the 
northern part of the township, between 



the mountains. His wife was Sarah 
Wheeler. They had four sons and three 
daughters; one of his sons, Joel W. Gon- 
dii, was in his day a prominent business 
man in Newark. His daughter, Mary 
Coridit, was the wife of the Rev. Dr. 
Horace S- Bishop, rector emeritus of 
Christ Episcopal church, of East Orange. 

Capt.'Zenas Pierson, one of the Over- 
seers of the Highway elected at the first 
town meeting, represented the mountain 
district, and was the youngest of the 
family of nine children of Samuel Pier- 
son, a grandson of Thomas, the ancestor. 
Capt. Zenas, grandfather of Samuel, has 
been referred to as coming to Newark with 
his father when two years of age. As 
there is no record of his birth or death, 
his age at this time is computed at sixty- 
seven years. His wife was Betsy (Eliza- 
beth) Nixon. They had three sons and 
two daughters A son, Zenas, is said to 
have married Catherine Townley, and 
one of his daughters, Jane, was the wife 
of Stephen Tichenor, the father of 
Stephen W. Tichenor, referred to in 
earlier notes. 

James Williams, elected at the first 
town meeting as one of the Overseers of 
the Highways, was a son of Nathaniel 
Williams and Mary Pierson, daughter of 
Samuel Pierson, who died in 1816. She 
was a sister of Capt. Zenas Pierson. 
His father, Nathaniel Williams, was the 
second son of Amos Williams (1690-1754) 
and Mary Nutman, daughter of James 
Nutman (1700-1777). Amos was the 
eldest son of Matthew, born in 1651. 

Caleb Williams. The indentity of 
Caleb Williams, who was elected Over- 
seer of the Highways at the first town 
meeting, must remain in doubt, there 
being two persons of the name and 
nearly of the same age. The oldest, 
born in 1763, was a son of Isaac 
Williams, of William, of Matthew, of 
Matthew. His wife was Phebe Ward, 
daughter of Zenas (1765-1849). He died 
in 1844. They had one son and four 
daughters. The only son, Albert, born 
in 1797, died in 1869. His wife was 
Phebe Frost, daughter of Josiah Frost. 
They lived on Washington street, near 
Rosedale cemetery, the house now be- 
ing used as the trolley line depot. Two 
of his sons, Josiah B., and Caleb A. 
Williams, are resident of this city. The 
other Caleb Williams was born in 1767, 
and was a son of Benjamin, of Amos, of 
Matthew. His wife was Sarah Kilburn 
(Beach), daughter of Gersham. He died 
in 1811. He had two daughters, Cath- 
erine E., born in 1792 and died in 1874, 
who married Abijah Harrison, of Capt. 
Abijah. The other daughter, Phebe, 



married Abram Sandford, and after his 
death, John Augustus McDonald. 

Daniel Kilburn was chosen at the 
first town meeting as one of the Over- 
seers of the Highways and afterwards as 
Town Clerk for six successive years. In 
1817 he succeeded Ira Munn as proprietor 
of the Park house, corner of Main and 
Park streets, which he conducted for 
several years. His public position, soci- 
ability of manner and family connections 
made him one of the best known men of 
the Oranges. He was born in 1777 and 
died in 1848. His wife was Phebe Bald- 
win daughter of Jeptha Baldwin of Ezek- 
iel of John of Jonathan of Joseph, the 
ancestor. She was born in 1777 and 
died in 1839. Daniel was a son, or prob- 
ably a grandson of Gershom Kilburn. 
He had four sons and five daughters. 
His son Gershom was born in 1803. He 
married, first Harriet Williams, daughter 
of Colonel William Williams, and sec- 
ond Susan Crane, daughter of Joseph 
Crane of Daniel. His daughter Lydia 
was the wife of Abram Mandeville, of 
this city, who died in 1889. Another 
daughter, Mary C, is the wife of Samuel 
C. Jones, of Munn avenue, East Orange. 

Joseph Condit, who was elected one of 
the Overseers of the Highways at the first 
town meeting, was a son of Samuel 
Condit of Samuel, the Orange ancestor, 
who was a grandson of John, the Newark 
ancestor. He was born in 1762. He married 
Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of Ichabod 
Harrison of Nathaniel of Joseph of Ser- 
geant Richard, the Newark ancestor. She 
was born in I769and died in 1852. He died 
in 1836. He was a farmer and shoe manu- 
facturer, and also carried on the busi- 
ness of tanner and currier, his place of 
business and residence being at the foot 
of the old Mount Pleasant turnpike in 
West Orange. He had four sons and one 
daughter. His two sons, Ichabod Condit 
and Stephen Condit, carried on their 
father's business for several years. 
Ichabod was the father of Joseph A. 
Condit, who died in this city in 1881. 
Stephen Condit was the father of .Albert 
P. Condit, the well known lawyer. 

Matthias Pierson, Jr., who was elected 
one of the Overseers of the Highways at 
the first town meeting, was born in 1775 
and was the second one of three sons of 
Dr. Matthias Pierson and Phebe Nut- 
man, daughter of Isaac Nutman, of 
Elizabeth town. Dr. Matthias Pierson 
was son of Samuel Pierson, of Samuel, 
of Thomas, the ancestor. He had three 
sons and five daughters. Matthias, the 
second son, married Mary Baldwin. He 
made his residence at the ancestral home 
between the Orange mountains. He died 



in 1812. Of his five children two sons 
and one daughter survived him. 

Peter Dean, who was elected one of 
the Overseers of the Highways at the 
first town meeting, was the youngest of 
three brothers, one of whom (John) was 
one cf the first Town Committeemen. 
He was born in 1765 and was the son of 
John Dean, the first of the name known 
by the writer in the Oranges. Peter 
Dean married Rachel Ivlunn, daughter 
of Benjamin Munn, the Orange ancestor. 
He was a cooper by trade and occupa- 
tion, his home and place of business being 
on Main street west of Scotland street. He 
had three sons and one daughter, Polly 
or (Mary) married Nathaniel Lindsley, of 
Daniel, of Nathaniel, of Ebenezer, of 
Ebenezer, of Francis the ancestor. Of the 
three sons David married Mahetta Jones, 
of Moses. Charles married Lydia 
Tompkins, of Enos, and Viner married 
Rhoda Quinby. They had one daughter, 
Abby, who married Isaac Preston Bald- 
win, who died in this city in 1893 and 
was the father of Frank W. Baldwin, 
editor of the Orange Chronicle. 

Daniel Dodd, who was elected one of 
the Overseers of the Highways at the 
first town meeting, was the fifth son of 
Joseph Dodd and his second wife, Sarah 
Williams, daughter of Amos Williams. 
Daniel Dodd was the fifth in descent 
from Daniel Dodd, the English ancestor, 
and was the fourth one in his line bear- 
ing the name of Daniel. He was born 
and lived on Center street in the ances- 
tral home. The house is still standing 
and is owned and occupied by Stephen 
T. Smith. He died unmarried in 1856. 
Joseph Dodd's family was a notable one 
in the history of the Oranges. He first 
married Mary Lindsley, daughter of 
Ebenezer Lindsley, of Ebenezer, of 
Francis, the Newark, ancestor. They 
had three sons and two daughters. The 
oldest son, Matthias Dodd, was the 
grandfather of Matthias M. Dodd, of 
East Orange and Dr. Bethuel L. Dodd. 
By his second wife Joseph Dodd had 
four sons and three daughters. Moses, 
the third son, was the builder of the 
First Presbyterian and Brick churches. 
His youngest son, Allen, was the grand- 
father of Joseph M. Dodd. 

Abraham Harrison, known in his day as 
Deacon or " Master Abram," was elected 
one of the Overseers of the Highways 
at the first town meeting. In 1829 he 
was elected a member of the first school 
committee and was re-elected each year 
until 1837. He was a local preacher and 
teacher. His father, Jared, was an ex- 
tensive farmer and cider manufacturer. 
His house, situated on Main street, east 



of High, is still standing. Deacon 
Abraham married Phebe Crowell and 
and had two daughters. The eldest died 
in 184S unmarried, the other married 
Philip Cornish. Deacon Abraham's 
mother was Hannah Baldwin and was 
the fifth in descent from Jonathan, the 
ancestor in this country. His father's 
line was from Sergeant Richard, being 
Sergeant Richard, Joseph, Joseph, Jared, 
Abraham. 

The Ball family is among the oldest in 
the settlement of the Oranges. Edward 
Ball of Branford Conn., came to Newark 
in 1666 with the Colonists and was High 
Sheriff of Essex Co. in 1693. His wife was 
probably Abigail, daughter of Aaron 
Blakely and Mary Dodd. They had four 
sons and two daughters, one of whom, 
Abigail, born in 1660, married Daniel 
Harrison, of Sergeant Richard. The 
other daughter Lydia, born in 1675, 
married Joseph Peck. His sons Joseph 
and Thomas were the ancestors of the 
Orange families. Caleb the oldest son, 
had one son. Deacon John, who lived in 
Morris Co. His son Moses, born in 1685, 
married Mary Tichenor of John of Mar- 
tin the ancestor. They had no children. 

Joseph B. Ball, elected one of the Over- 
seers of the Road at the first town meet- 
ing, was born in 1778. He was a son of 
Joseph Ball and Rachel Tompkins, of 
South Orange. He was the fifth in des- 
cent from Edward Ball the ancestor, 
the line being Edward, Thomas, Aaron, 
Joseph, Joseph B. His wife was Eunice 
Harrison, of Richard, of Joseph of 
Joseph. He died in 1842. He was a 
shoemaker by trade, but devoted most 
of his time to the cultivation of his farm. 
He had four sons and two daughters. 

Amzi the eldest married Meeker. 

He died in 1890. Rev. Eleazer married 
Electa Rich Philander, born in 1814, was 
a farmer in South Orange. He married 
Sarah A. Guerin, of Morris county, and 
had three sons and two daughters. 
Richard H. Ball, born in 1820, married 
Mary F. Harris and had four sons and 
four daughters. Hannah, one of the 
daughters of Joseph B. Ball, married the 
Rev. Joseph Dance. 

Timothy Ball, who was elected one of 
the Overseers of the Roads at the first 
town meeting, was a son of Ezekiel Ball 
and Mary Jones. He was born in South 
Orange in 1758, and died in 1S28, He 
was married twice, first to Mary Crowell 
and second to Mary (Edwards) Resch. 
They had eight children. Timothy Ball 
was the fourth in descent from Edward 
the ancestor. The line being Edward, 
Thomas, Ezekiel, Timothy. His father 
Ezekiel was a carpenter by trade and 



inherited the homestead of his father 
Thomas, in South Orange. Timothy 
Ball's grandfather Thomas, liorn in 1687 
and who died in 1744. was a blacksmith 
by trade. His wife was Sarah Uavis, 
daughter of Thomas Davis of Stephen. 

Major Jabez Pierson, who was elected 
a Town Committeeman at the second 
town meeting in 1808, and was also 
elected as the Moderator in i8og and 
Judge of Election in 1811, was a son of 
Samuel Pierson, Jr. and Phebe Harrison, 
daughter of Joseph Harrison. He was 
born about 1755, and died about 1825. 
He was the second son in a family of 
five sons and four daughters. He was 
the fifth in remove from Thomas, Sr., 
the Newark ancestor. The descent be- 
ing Thomas, Sr., Samuel, Samuel, 
Samuel, Jr., Major Jabez. Of the sons 
of Samuel Pierson, Jr., Erastus, born in 
1753, married Eunice Freeman, daughter 
of Abel Freeman. Bethuel, born about 
1767, married Mary Condit, daughter 
of Matthew Condit. Jotham, born in 
1772, married Lillis Condit, daughter of 
Matthew Condit. The homestead of 
Jabez Pierson and his father, Samuel, 
was on the north side of the South 
Orange road, opposite Seton Hall College. 
He was for some years captain of the 
sloop " Orange," which was owned and 
employed in the interest of the First 
church congregation from 1784 to 1800. 
Major Jabez was a private in the Revo- 
lution and probably received his title of 
Major in the militia service. He married 
Martha, daughter of Stephen Harrison 
and Lydia Williams. Nathaniel Harri- 
son, the father of Stephen, was born in 
1705 and died in 1779 He lived on 
Harrison street. East Orange, and 
probably his father, Joseph, who was the 
second son of Sergeant Richard, the 
Newark ancestor, may have ended his 
days in his Orange home. Joseph died 
in 1742. Lydia Williams, the mother of 
Martha, the wife of Major Jabez Pierson, 
was born in 1731, and was a daughter of 
Matthew Williams of Matthew, the 
Newark ancestor, who died at his home 
in Orange in 1732. Major Jabez 
had two sons and two daughters. Israel 
married Mary A. Willis and had four 
sons and two daughters. Amzi married 
Mary Riker and had a daughter, Mary. 
Louisa, the eldest daughter, who died in 
1867, was the wife of Aaron M. Condit, 
East Orange, who died in 1890. Lydia, 
tne youngest child, was the first wife of 
Bethuel D. Harrison, of East Orange, 
who died in 1896. Jabez P. Condit, a 
well known resident of West Orange, 
and a son of Aaron M. Condit and 



Lydia Pierson is a grandson and is the 
only known male descendent of Major 
Jabez Pierson in the Oranges. 

An old account book of Major Jabez 
Pierson shows a few items that may 
prove of public interest as indicating the 
habits and wants of our early and 
venerated ancestors. In his account 
with Rev. Jedediah Chapman under the 
date of December, 1795, among other 
charges are the following : 4J^ gallons 
of rum of Captain Crane, £^2. i6s 3d ; 
April, 1796, freight, 2 bbl. cider and 
sundries, £0 2s od ; November, 1796. 
freight, 2 bbl. cider, i do. apples and 
sundries, £0 4s 6d In 1796, bill of 
repairs to sloop "Orange" done in N. 
York, ;^T75 i8s 2d. In sundry account 
against Mr. Chapman for the year 1890 
appears 100 shad and carting, ^i 5s gd ; 
y, hundred sugar, ;^i 17s 6d ; 5 gallons 
rum 4-S £\ 3s 4d. The account with 
the sloop " Orange " and the parish for 
1800 shows a yearly profit of £2^'}, 7s 2d ; 
the sloop's share, ^97 15s 8d, the parish 
share, ^48 17s lod. 

Under date of Orange, November i, 
1797, is the following entry The requi- 
sition from the First Company of Militia 
in the Second Batalion of Col. Condit's 
regiment was i Ensign, i Sergeant and 
eight (8) privates for the eightv thousand. 
The following men are detailed for that 
service : Ensign none ; Sergeant Abiel 
Harrison ; Privates Stephen Peck, Enos 
Smith, George Belton, Apollos Reock, 
Ezekiel Taylor, Uzal Baldwin, Henry 
Townley, Peter Vanallan. 

John Harrison, who was elected one of 
the Surveyors of the Highways at the 
second town meeting was a son of Sim- 
eon Harrison and Hannah Crane, daugh- 
ter of Caleb Crane. He was born in 1776 
and was the second son in a family of 
two sons and three daughters. His de- 
scent is from Sergeant Richard Samuel, 
Samuel, Amos, Simeon, John. His wife 
was Abby Ogden, born in 1781 and died 
in 1851. He died by violence in 1841. 
They had no children. 

Josiah Baldwin, who was elected a Sur- 
veyor of Highways at the second town 
meeting and elected a member of the 
Town Committee at subsequent town 
meetings, was a representative of the South 
Orang^e district. He was born 1755 and 
was the eldest in a family of four sons 
and five daughters of Benjamin Baldwin 
and Abigail Lindsley. His line of descent 
was Joseph, Benjamin, Benjamm, Benja- 
min, Josiah. His wife was Lydia, daugh- 
ter of Swaine Ogden. She was born in 
1757 and died in 1869. They had three 
sons and six daughters. Josiah O., the 
third son, who was born in 1796 and died 



in 1867, inherited the homestead on South 
Orantje avenue. Josiah's daughter Ehza- 
belh, born in 1782, was the first wife of 
Jonathan Lindsley. She died in i8ri. 
His daughter Sarah married Joel Harrison 
of Major Daniel. Mary married Cyrus 
Baldwin of Joel of Aaron of Aaron. Abby, 
born in 1800, was the wile of Joel Baldwin 
■of Aaron of Aaron. Harriet of Josiah 
married James E. Smith, born 1798 and 
the eldest son of Capt. Jonas, who died in 
1848. Josiah O. Baldwin of Josiah married 
Ann, daughter of David Munn of Benja- 
min, the ancestor in the Oranges. His 
daughter Mary E. is the wife of Samuel 
D. Condit of East Orange 

Samuel Brown, who was elected one of 
the Commissioners of Appeal at the sec- 
ond town meeting, was probably a son of 
James Brown. Samuel Brown was one of 
four sons of James, whose will in 1720 
names them as Samuel, Josiah, Isaac, 
Aaron. The family is one of the oldest in 
the settlement of the Oranges, the family 
home being in South Orange. The line in 
descent is from John Brown, of .Milford, 
Conn., who came to Newark in 1667. 
John Brown and his wife. Mary, had two 
sons and si.x daughters. John, Jr.. the eld- 
est, had four sons and five daughters. 
One daughter, Mary, married Thomas 
Pierson, Jr. of Rev. Abraham. Another 
daughter, Hannah, was the second wile of 
Joseph Riggs of Edward. Phebe, another 
daughter, was the wife of Daniel Dodd of 
Daniel and another daughter, Elizabeth, 
married Samuel Freeman of Stephen. 

Joseph Brown, son of John of John, 
married and had four sons and three 
daughters. Joseph, the eldest son of Jos- 
eph, inherited the South Orange home- 
stead. He married Margaret Johnson,*^ 
daughter of Joseph Johnson of Thomas, 
the Newark ancestor. Joseph had Job, 
Daniel, Eleanor and Hannah, who married 
William Camp of Nathaniel. Stephen, the 
second son of Joseph of Jolin, died in 1767. 
James, the third son, was the father of 
Samuel Brown. 

Samuel Munn, elected as Constable at 
the second town meeting and as the Judge 
•of Election at the subsequent election, was 
widely known in his day as the owner 
and proprietor of the public house, corner 
of Maia and Park streets, afterwards 
known as the Park House. He was pro- 
prietor of the Park House in 1780 until his 
death in 1812. His son Ira succeeded 
him until 1816 when Samuel Kilburn be- 
came the proprietor. Daniel Munn is 
believed to have been a son or grandson 
of Samuel Munn, of Morristown. He was 
one of three brothers, Benjamin and 
Joseph being resident in the Oranges, and 
they were the ancestors of the family in 
Orange and Bloomfield. 

Jotham Condit, whose name frequently 



appears among those elected to serve as 
town officials, was the eldest son of Samuel 
Condit, Jr, by his second wife Martha 
Carter, the widow of Stephen Wilcox, of 
Elizabethtown, N. J. He was born in 
1775. His father li^'ed on the Livingston 
road on the west slope of the First moun- 
tain and was a farmer by occupation. 
He was the fourth in descent from John 
the Newark ancestor. The line being 
John, Peter, Samuel Sr., Samuel Jr. He 
had issue by his first wife .Mary (daughter 
of Joseph Smith, of James the Orange 
ancestor) six sons. The eldest was Dr. 
John Condit, born 1755, died in 1834. 
Capt. Moses, (he third son, born in 1760, 
died 1838, was the grandlather of Charles 
A. Lighthipe. Joseph, the fourth son, 
born in 1762, died 1836, was the father of 
Ichaljod and Stephen Condit, noticed in 
previous notes. The Rev. Aaron, the 
fifth son, was born in 1765, and died in 
1852. Jotham Condit, of Samuel, Jr., 
married Hephzibah Munn, daughter of 
Benjamin Munn. He whs a shoe manu- 
facturer and lived on Main street, east of 
Clinton street. East Orange. He had a 
family of two sons and six daughters. 
Aaron M.. the eldest, born in 1799, died at 
his home in East Orange in 1890, leaving 
an unmarried daughter and a son Jabez 
P. Condit, of West Orange. A younger 
son Amzi. born in 1830. dit-d in this city 
in 1865, leaving oiih son, Oscar H. Condit, 
a resident of East Orange. Jotham H. 
Condit, the youngest of the family of 
Jotham, is a resident of East Orange. 
Two only of the daughters of Jotham 
Condit are living. Jemima M., the widow 
of Philip Condit, of Daniel Day Condit, 
who lived on Center street this city, and 
was the father of Ira A. Condit, of jersey, 
Ohio. The other daughter is Elizabeth 
R., the widow of George A. Dodd. of 
Allen. She resides in East Orange and 
is the mother of Joseph M. Dodd. of this 
city, and Allen Dodd. of Philipsburg, N. J. 
Jonathan Baldwin, who was chosen as one 
of the Overseers of the Highways at the sec- 
ond town meeting, lived on Cherry Lane, 
now Arlington avenue. East Orange. He 
was the eldest of three sons of Caleb Bald- 
win and Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of 
Joseph Harrison. He was born in 1752 and 
died in 1S21. Jonatlian inherited a large 
landed property from his father. He was 
a cooper by trade. His wife was Susanna 
Williams, probably the daughter of Samu- 
el, the youngest son of Matthew the ances- 
tor. Jonathan had a family of six sons 
and five daughters. The eldest son, Noah, 
born in 1782 and died 1855, inherited the 
homestead and followed his father's occupa- 
tion. His wife was Catherine Sayre, who 
was born 1786 and died in 1852. They 
had a large family of seven sons and seven 
daughters, only one of whom is known to 



be living, William Farrand Baldwin, of 
West Orange. Eleazer, the second son of 
Jonathan, married Jemima Matthews, of 
Daniel of Daniel, the Orange ancestor. 
They had three sons and two daughters. 
The second son was the Rev. Caleb C. 
Baldwin, born in 1820. He was a mis- 
sionary to Fouchow China and returned to 
this country in 1895. The Rev. Caleb C. 
Baldwin's wife was Harriet Fairchild, 
daughter of Josiah of David of David of 
Zachariah. 1 hey had a family of ten child- 
ren. Mary J., the oldest daughter of Elea- 
zer Baldwin, was born in 1814 and died in 
1876. She was the wife of John C. Bailey, 
deceased, who was the head of the house of 
Bailey & Everitt of this city. He was 
born in 1807 and died in 1881. 

Moses Condit, Jr., elected one of the 
Overseers of the Highways at the second 
town meeting, was a son of Timothy Con- 
dit. He was widely known as the pro- 
prietor of the Orange Hotel. According to 
the custom of those early days the sutfix 
of Junior to his name was not because of 
another of the same name in his family, 
but of some one older, living at the time 
of the same name. He was born in 
1776. He married Lydia Munn, daughter 
of David Munn of Benjamin, the Orange 
ancestor. They had three sons and two 
daughters. Abby. the oldest, born m 1799 
and died in 1827, married Samuel Camp, 
of Orange, born in 1797. He died in New 
York state in 1840. Eliza Ann, the 
the second daughter, born in 1804, mar- 
ried Aaron D. Denman of Orange. They 
moved to Ohio where he died in 1881. 
She died in 1S84. The only married son, 
Timothy Alfred, born in 1809, died in 
Ohio in 1854. His wife was Mary Ann 
Woodruff, who was born in 1813 and 
died in Ohio in 1868. The line of Moses 
in descent is Timothy, Nathaniel, Peter, 
John, the Newark ancestor. His tragic 
death, which was caused by the falling of a 
beam of a cider press September 14th, 
1820, cast a gloom over the entire town- 
ship. The cider mill and press stood on 
the site of the present Masonic Hall. 

Colonel William Williams, elected one 
of the Overseers of the Highways at the 
second town meeting, was the youngest 
son of Capt. Thomas Williams and Dor- 
cas Harrison. She was a daughter of 
Nathaniel Harrison of Joseph of Sergeant 
Richard. His grandfather was a son of 
Matthew Williams, who in turn was a son 
of Matthew, the Newark ancestor, Col. 
Williams, 1777-1833, married Phebe Har- 
rison, 1779-1854, daughterof Jotham, 1751- 
1806, of Stephen, 169S-1786, of Joseph, 
1649-1742, of Sergeant Richard. Colonel 
William was a butcher by occupation, 
his home and place of business being on 
Main street opposite Prospect street, East 
Orange. He had one son and two daugh- 



ters. Harriet, the second daughter, mar- 
ried Gersham Kilburn of Daniel William, 
the only son, married Louisa Peck, 
daughter of Stephen M. Peck, 1801-1887, 
of John, 1773-1863, of Judge John, 1732- 
1811, of Joseph, 1702-1772. Wiliiam had 
two sons and one daughter. His home 
is on Hiliyer street in East Orange. 

Amos Freeman was one of the Over- 
seers of the Highways chosen at the sec- 
ond town meeting. He was born in 1748 
and died in 1833. He was probably a 
son of Deacon Samuel Freeman, (1696-^ 
1782) His grandfather was Samuel, (1662- 
1732) who was a son of Stephen Freeman, 
the Newark ancestor, and Hannah Ast- 
wood, daughterof Cafit. Astwood. Stephen 
Freeman came to Newark in 1667 with 
the Milford Colonists. Amos married 
Mary Crane, who was born in 1747 and 
died in 1830. They had four sons and 
four daughters. Timothy, the eldest, born 
in 1778, married Mary Fox and had one 
son, the Rev. James W. Freeman. His 
second son, Deacon Samuel, (1780-1835) 
married first Catherine Tichenor, daugh- 
ter of John Tichenor of David. He mar- 
ried second Mary K. Fox, (1787-1867). She 
was his deceased wife's sister. He had 
by his first wife four sons, and by 
his second wife four sons and one 
daughter. Amos, his third son, married 
twice and had a family of five sons and 
four daughters. 

Mary Freeman, the second daughter of 
Amos (1782- 1854), married Joseph B. Tillou, 
of South Orange (1773-1860). They had 
five sons and two daughters. One of the 
sons was Abijah F. Tillou, of South Orange, 
born in 1810. His wife was Parmelia 
Brown, daughtei of Samuel Brown, of 
Scjuth Orange. 

Jeptha Baldwin, who was elected at the 
second town meeting as one of the Over- 
seers of the Highways, was the second son 
of Benjamin Baldwin and Abigail Lindsley. 
Benjamin Baldwin had four sons and five 
daughters. His daughter Phebe, born in 
1760, married Isaac Condit, of Jonathan. 
Another daughter, Abby, born in 1771, 
married Jonathan Condit, of Jonathan, and 
his youngest daughter, Eunice, born in 
1775, married James Condit, of Matthew. 
Jeptha Baldwin was born in 1778 and was 
killed by the cars at the Market street 
station, Newark, in 1852. His wife was 
Catherine Bishop (17S6-1865). He was a 
prosperous farmer, his home being on the 
corner of Center street and South Orange 
avenue. He had a family of three sons 
and ten daughters. His son Benjamin E. 
Baldwin (1821-1892), inherited the home 
stead. His wife was Rebecca Tompkins, 
daughter of Enos Tompkins (1826-1889). 
They had two sons, who died unmarried, 
and eight daughters. Aaron Bishop Bald- 
win was the youngest son of Jeptha and 



was a widely known resident of South 
Orange, where he died in 1895. He mar- 
ried Catherine Mason, daughter of John 
Mason. 'Ihey had two sons and three 
daughters. One son and a daughter died 
in infancy. The descendants of Mr. Bald- 
win through the married daughters are 
numerous 

Cyrus Freeman, who was elected one of 
the Overseers of the Roads at the second 
town meeting was born in 1761 and died 
in 1839. He was the oldest son of Abel 
Freeman and Abigail Smith, daughter of 
Joseph Smith, of James. His father, Abel, 
(1724-1803) was the second son of Dea- 
con Samuel (1696-1782) who was a son of 
Samuel, who was the second son of Stephen , 
the Newark ancestor. Cyrus lived in the an- 
cestral home on the Valley road near the 
cable road in West Orange. The house 
was the home of his uncle, Jedediah Free- 
man, who died in 1811, who married for 

his first wife. Miss Cardner, probably 

a daughter of John Cjardner. His second 
wife was Martha Condit, the widow of 
Gershom Williams. She died in 1831 at 
the age of 100 years. Jedediah had no 
children. Cyrus Freeman's wife was 
Eunice, daughter of Gershom Williams, 
who was the fourth in descent from 
Matthew, the Newark ancestor. He had 
three sons and four daughters. 

Jotham, the second son, (1732-1839) mar- 
ried Lydia Jones, daughter of Cornelius 
Jones (1783-1816). He left two children, Cv- 
rus J., born 1809, who resided on Center 
street and died in 1867. He left two sons. 
C harles, Augustus and Alfred Irving 
Freeman, who died in this city in 1886. 
The other child of Jotham by his first 
wife was Frances Caroline (180S-1888). 
She was the wife of David R. Winans. of 
East Orange, who died in 1883. Jotham 
Freeman, by his second wife, Mary Crane, 
daughter of Phineas Crane (1790-1870). 
had Albert, born in 1819 and died in East 
Orange in 1896. He had one son, Theo- 
dore Freeman, of East Orange. Gershom 
W., the youngest son of Cyrus, born 
(1792-1872), married first Eliza N. Gilder- 
sleeve, daughter of Ezra (jilderslee\'e, 
(1800- 1826). He married second Eliza B. 
Crane (1800-1858). They had one son and 
two daughters, by his first wife he had 
two sons, Edward, the eldest, died in 1861. 
George C, born in 1825, lives in the 
homestead of his ancestor. His wife is 
Sarah F. Van Dyne. He is the father of 
five sons, two of the sons. Orville E. and 
Cyrus G., compose the firm of Freeman 
Brothers in Orange Valley. 

Jotham Quinby, who was elected one 
of the Overseers of the Highway at the 
second town meeting, was born in 1773 
and died in 1850. He lived on Scotland 
street. His wife was Lillias Smith, daugh- 
ter of James Smith, of David, of James, 



the Orange ancestor. She was born in 
1775 and died in 1848 Mr. (^)uinby was the 
sixth in descent from WiUiam. the an- 
cestor in this country, the line being 
William, John, Josiah, Josiah. Moses, 
Jotham. His grandfather, Josiah (1726- 
1804), married Martha Harrison (1728- 
1791). She was a daughter of Joseph 
Harrison, of Joseph, of Sergeant Richard. 
Jotham Quinby had four sons and 
three daughters. His sons were Jonas, 
James M., Orlando, Hiram. Orlando, his 
third son, born about 1810, died in Belle- 
vue, Ohio, in 1865. His wife was Mary 
Condit, doughter of David C(jndit, of Col. 
David, of Samuel, of Peter, of John, the 
ancestor. O.'lando (Juinbv moved to 
Ohio with his family in i860. Of his 
family of six children, his only sons died 
in infancy. His eldest daughter, Sarah F., 
born in 1840, married Cyrus Munn, daugh- 
ter of William Muhn. who was the first 
cashier of the Orange Bank until his 
death in 1846. 

Ethan N. Baldwin, who was elected 
one of the Overseers of the Highways at 
the second town meeting in 1808, was 
probably a son of Nathan Baldwin of 
John of Jonathan of Joseph, the New Jer- 
sey ancestor. His father, Nathan, was 
born about 1721 and died in 1810. He 
had his second wife, Elizabeth Hart, 
daughter of Jeremiah Hart. She was the 
wid'iw of Jerry Ball. The ancestors of Mr. 
Baldwin lived in the southern part of the 
country, Mr. Baldwin was born in 177^ 
and married Martha Freeman, the young- 
est child of Cyrus of Abel. She was born 
in 1794. They lived in South Orange and 
.had no family. 

Samuel Lindsley, who was elected one 
of the Freeholders at the third town meet- 
ing in 1809, was the eldest of the two sons 
of Nathaniel and Sarah Wheeler Lindsley. 
He was born in the homestead on Center 
street near the junction with Harrison 
street, in 1760 and died ii' 1820. His 
mother(i739-i79i) wasa daughterof Samuel 
Wheeler (1678-1762) of Nathaniel (1639- 
1726) of Thomas, who came from Milford. 
Conn. Samuel Lindsley was the fourth in 
descent from Ebenezer, the Newark ances- 
tor, the line being Ebenezer, Ebenezer, 
Nathaniel, Samuel. His wife was Phebe 
Williams, daughter of Capt. Thomas (1762- 
1825). He had Nathaniel (1781-1842), who 
probably died without issue. His son 
Ebenezer inherited the homestead. He 
married Lucy Brundage and had two sons 
and two daughters. S. Swaine (1816-1890) 
married Mary A. Lyon. Ogden W.. born 
1822, married Eliza P. Condit, daughter of 
Moses W. Condit. He died at his home in 
East Orange in 1896. 

Jonathan Condit, Jr., elected in 1809 
one of the Overseers of the Highways, 
was a son of Capt. Jonathan and Jemima 



Condit, daughter of John Condit, the 
grandson of John, the ancestor. He was 
the youngest son in a family of four sons 
and three daughters. He was born in 
1769 and died in 1854. His wife was 
Abigail Baldwin, daughter of Benjamin 
Baldwin (i 730-1804) and Abigail Lindsley. 
He was a farmer, occupying the home- 
stead of his grandfather, Samuel, in 
Pleasant Valley, West Orange. He had 
five sons and four daughters. Moses 
(i 794-1891), the eldest, succeeded to the 
ownership of the farm. He married 
Maria Corby, daughter of William Corby, 
and had five sons and three daughters. 
His youngest son, Moses Edgar, of West 
Orange, inherited the homestead. Albert, 
the second son, born in 1823, resides in 
West Orange and is the father of Orlando 
E. and William E. Condit, the well known 
dressed meat dealers of East Orange. 

Erastus Pierson, who was elected in 
1809 as one of the Overseers of the High- 
ways, was the oldest son of Samuel, Jr. 
and Phebe Harrison. He was a brother of 
Major Jabez Pierson. He was born in 
1753 and died in 1837. He was a farmer 
and lived in the mountain district. His 
wife was Eunice Freeman, daughter of 
Abel Freeman (1754-1822). They had 
four sons and. four daughters. His third 
son, Caleb, born in 1791, married first 
Electa and second Melinda, daughters of 
Joseph Pierson (1759) of Joseph (1735). 
He had five sons and one daughter. 
Jotnam (1794-1868), the youngest son of 
Erastus, married Hannah Williams 
(1800-1876), daughterof Samuel Williams. 
They had seven sons and two daughters. 
His eldest son, Samuel W. Pierson, mar- 
ried Abby A. Soper and is a well known 
resident of East Orange. His youngest 
son, Jotham Smith Pierson, who married 
Matilda Rose, is a farmer of West 
Orange. 

Daniel Ward, elected in i8og one of 
the Overseers of the Highways, was the 
eldest of a family of three sons and 
four daughters, children of "Zenas Ward 
(1743-1814) and Susannah Condit (1745- 
t8ii), daughter of Nathaniel Condit of 
Peter of John, the ancestor. He was 
born in 1768 and died 1834. His first 
wife was Elizabeth Parrott and his 
second wife was Elizabeth Squier. He 
had three sons and two daughters. His 
second son, Abraham (1807-1B36) married 
Joanna Williams, daughter of Moses 
Williams, of Captain Thomas. She was 
born in 1806 and died 1876. They had 
two sons and one daughter, one of the 
sons being Mark A. Ward, of this city. 
Daniel Ward's descent is from John 
Ward, Jr., the Newark ancester (called 
the Turner), the line being John, Jr., 
Josiah, Samuel, Bethuel, Zenas, Daniel. 



Ichabod Harrison, elected in 1809 one 
of the Overseers of the Highways, was 
the son of Ichabod Harrison (1736-1775) 
and Sarah Williams. He was the young- 
est of a family of two sons and four 
daughters and was the fifth in descent 
from Sergeant Rich;i.rd, the line being 
Sergeant Richard, Joseph, Nathaniel, Ich- 
abod, Ichabod. His grandfather, Nathan- 
iel (1705-1779), lived on Harrison street, 
East Orange, and was the Orange ances- 
tor. Mr. Harrison was born in 1774 and 
died in 1853. His first wife was Phebe 
Dodd (1777-1821), daughter of Joshua 
Dodd. He married second Elizabeth D. 
Williams (1791-18S0), daughter of Joel 
Williams of Gershom of Gershom Mat- 
thew of Matthew. He lived on Prospect 
street, north of Park avenue, East 
Orange. He was a cooper and farmer 
by occupation He had two sons and 
two daughters. Elizabeth, theeldest(i797- 
1845), was the wife of Calvin Dodd (1796- 
1878), who was long and widely known 
as an East Orange citizen. Abby, the 
second daughter (1805-1840) was the first 
wife of Timothy W. Mulford (1804-1885). 
His only married son, Albert (1800-1847), 
married Nancy Condit (1798-1883) daugh- 
ter of Japhia Condit, of Colonel David. 
They had three sons, and four daughters. 
One son, John W., married .Sarah 
Coddington and had two sons. Abby, 
the second daughter, married Aaron 
Lyon. They are residents of East 
Orange. 

John Peck, Jr., who was elected in 1809 
one of the Overseers of the Highways, 
was born in 1773 and died in 1863. He 
was the youngest son in a family of five 
sons and three daughters of Judge John 
Peck (1732-1811). His father's first wife 
was Elizabeth Dodd, daughter of John 
Dodd, of Daniel of Daniel, the Newark an- 
cestor. She was born in 1737 and died in 
1763, leaving two sons, Joseph and Steph- 
en. Judgejohn married for hissecond wife 
Mary Harrison, daughter of Joseph Har- 
rison, of Joseph, of Sergeant Richard. John 
Peck married Phebe Matthews, probably 
a daughter of William Matthews, of 
Daniel the Orange ancestor. They had 
two sons and five daughters. Stephen 
M., the eldest son (1801-1887), inherited 
the homestead on Main street, corner of 
Grove street. East Orange. His first 
wife was Martha Baldwin. He married 
second Margaret Pierce. In later life he 
moved to Livingston, N. J. He had 
three sons and eight daughters. The 
eldest, Emeline L., is the wife of Wil- 
liam Williams, of Hillyer street. East 
Orange. Joseph Peck (1675-1746) was 
the ancestor of the family in the Oranges. 
His son, Joseph, was one of the first 
Ruling Elders in the Orange church. He 



was born in 1702 and died in 1772. He 
was father to Judge John and grand- 
father to John Peck, Jr. 

Isaac Matthews, who was elected in 
1810 one of the Commissioners of Appeal, 
was the eldest in a family of five sons 
and five daughters of Daniel Matthews of 
Daniel, the Orange ancestor. He was 
born in 1769 and died in 1834. His wife 
was Hannah Dodd, daughter of James 
Doddof John of Daniel, the Newark ances- 
tor. He lived on Park street, corner of 
William. He had three sons and four 
daughters. James, the eldest (1791-1858), 
was for several years the sexton of the 
First Presbyterian church. His wife 
was Elizabeth Jagger. They had three 
sons and four daughters. The youngest 
son, Charles M., resides on Halsted street. 
East Orange. The eldest daughter of 
Isaac Matthews, Jemima (1793-1879), mar- 
ried Eleazer Baldwin of Jonathan of Caleb 
of Joseph, previously mentioned as 
the father of the Rev. Caleb C. Baldwin, 
a returned missionary from China. 

Enos Pierson, who was elected in 1810 
one of the Overseers of the Highways 
and later a member of the Town Com- 
mittee, was the fourth son of Samuel 
Pierson, Jr. and Phebe Harrison, daugh- 
ter of Joseph Harrison. He was born 
about 1762. He married Abigail Cocke- 
fair and made his home in the mountain 
district. He had four sons and three 
daughters. Ira, the eldest, born in 1788 
married Jemima Condit, daughter of 
Simon Condit, of Capt. Jonathan of Sam- 
uel, grandson of John, the ancestor. They 
moved to Ohio in 1837 where she died in 
1869 and he died in 1873. They had four 
sons and six daughters. Lewis (1790- 
1875), the second son of Enos, married 
Lucy Crane, probably the daughter of 
William Crane. They had Caleb C. Pier- 
son, born in 1822. Daniel (1796-1872), 
the youngest son of Enos, married Mar- 
garet Harrison, daughter of Uzal Harri- 
son, of Richard of Joseph, a grandson of 
Sergeant Richard. Daniel had four sons 
and two daughters. The eldest, Philan- 
der S. Pierson, born in 1821, died at his 
home in Caldwell in 1893. He was for 
many years the Collector of Essex 
county. His wife was Mary Gould, 
daughter of Nathaniel Gould. Sarah 
(1792-1848), the eldest daughter of Enos 
Pierson, married Bethuel Williams (1787- 
1838) of Samuel of Samuel of Matthew. 
Phebe, born in 1798, married Silas D. 
Condit, of Japhia. Mary, the youngest 
daughter, married Lewis Williams (1795- 
1839). 

Samuel Williams. Jr.. elected in 1810 
one of the Overseers of the Highways, 
was the fourth son in a family of five 



sons and seven daughters of Samuel Wil- 
liams (1714-1812) and Hannah Harrison 
(1714-1812), daughter of Joseph Harrison. 
He was born in 1754 and died in 1824. 
He married Eunice Pierson, daughter of 
Joseph Pierson. His home was in the 
mountain district, where he reared six 
sons and two daughters. His son Amos S, 
(1781-1832) married Rachel Perry (1785- 
1836). They had five sons and a daugh- 
ter, Jane, who married Benjamin Town- 
ley. Caleb P., the eldest son, (1806- 
1881), married Maria Townley. Ellen, 
the eldest daughter of Caleb P., 
is the wife of Charles W. Banta, 
formerly of this city. Daniel S. (1784- 
1853), the second son of Samuel, married 
Eunice Condit (1785-1850), daughter of 
Japhia Condit. They moved to Dela- 
ware county, Ohio, where many of their 
descendants now live. Bethuel (1787- 
1838), the third son of Samuel, married 
Sally Pierson (i 792-1 848), daughter of 
Enos Pierson. They had two sons, who 
died in infancy, and five daughters. 
Electa, born in 1814, and Phebe A., born 
in 1817, were the first and second wives 
of George McLoud, who was born in 
1811 and died in this city in 1893. They 
had one son and five daughters, Mary, 
who married Jabez Ferry (1838-1890), 
Eunice, who married John G Smith, 
Phebe, who married James A. Jameson, 
Hattie, who married William Ogden Har- 
rison of John. The line of Samuel Wil- 
liams is believed to be from Matthew, 
the ancestor in this country, who came 
from Wales about 1630. His youngest 
son was Samuel, born in 1653, who mar- 
ried Esther Wheeler, daughter of Nath- 
aniel Wheeler. He had five sons and 
three daughters. The second son was 
Samuel, who was the grandfather of 
Samuel Williams. Jr. 

Major Aaron Harrison, who was elect- 
ed as one of the Overseers of the High- 
ways in 1810, and as a member of the 
Town Committee in 1811, was the second 
son among four sons and one daughter of 
Matthew Harrison (1726-1767), and 
Martha Dodd, daughter of Samuel 
Dodd (1731-1792). Major Aaron was born 
in 1752 and died in 1837. His first 
wife was Jemima, daughter of Daniel 
Condit of Samuel of Peter of John. 
She died without issue in 1779. He 
married, second, Phebe Crane, daugh- 
ter of Lewis Crane of Elihu of Jasper of 
Jasper, the Newark ancestor. They had 
four sons and five daughters. The eldest, 
Samuel A., died unmarried in 1848. 
Charles (i 786-1874) had only one married 
child, Sarah Matilda, who was the wife of 
James M. Ward, who died in 1893. She 
died in 1892. Ira, the third son (1795- 



iSgo) married Mary Jones, daughter of 
Ichabod Jones of Samuel of Joseph of 
John, the ancestor. They had six sons 
and four daughters. One of the sons, 
John, married Amanda Simmons, the 
daughter of George Simmons. The fourth 
son, Dr. Alfred, married Elizabeth 
Matthews, daughter of John H. 
Matthews. Aaron Burr, the youngest 
son of Aaron Harrison, born in 1796, 
died at his home in East Orange in 1884. 
His wife was Caroline Jones (1800-1875), 
daughter of Cyrus Jones of Cornelius of 
Samuel of John, the ancestor. They had 
three sons and five daughters. Cyrus J., 
the eldest, born in 1824, married Harriet 
Simmons, daughter of George Simmons. 
She died in 1887. Charles V., the second 
son (1832-1878), married Sarah Crane, 
daughter of Ezra Crane. Aaron B., Jr. 
(1834-1872). married Ruth Greacen. 
Phebe, the eldest daughter, married Wil- 
liam Dunster. He died at his home in 
West Orange in 1885. Mr. Harrison was 
the fifth in descent from Sergeant Rich- 
ard, the line being Sergeant Richard, 
Samuel, Samuel, Matthew, Major Aaron. 
Linus Dodd, who was elected one of 
the Overseers of the Highways in 1810, 
represented the Doddtown district. He 
lived on Dodd street, East Orange. 
He was born in 1765 and was a prosper- 
ous farmer. He was an elder in the 
Orange church for twenty-seven years 
until his death in 1825. He married 
first, Elizabeth Pierson (1767-1793), 
daughter of Caleb Pierson, of Caleb, 
of Samuel, of Thomas, Sr., the Newark 
ancestor. He married second, Mary 
Baldwin, daughter of Joseph Baldwin. 
He had two children, Achsah (1789-1855), 
married Daniel Day Condit, of Philip, of 
Philip, a grandson of John, the ances- 
tor. Mr. Condit was born in 1783. He 
lived on Center street, in this city, and 
was an elder in the Orange church. He 
died in 1839. They had seven sons and 
four daughters. The eldest Philip, born 
in 1808, died in Jersey, Ohio, in 1895. 
His wife was Jemima M., daughter of 
Jotham Condit. Linus D., the second 
son, was born in 1813 and died in East 
Orange in 1893, leaving a married son, 
Ernest O., who lives on his father's 
homestead in East Orange. 

Ira A., the fifth son born in 1823, 
married Ann Elizabeth, daughter of 
Josiah Dodd, of Bloomfield, of Daniel, 
of Amos, of Daniel, (third) (1737-1811). 
Mr. Condit has been a resident of Jersey, 
Ohio, for fifty years. Elizabeth, the 
eldest daughter of Daniel D. Condit 
(1811-1854), was the first wife of George 
Williams, who was born in iSioand died 
in East Orange in 1889. Mary, the 



second daughter, was the wife of George 
Taylor, formerly of Orange who died 
in Ohio in 1896. Calvin, the only son of 
Linus Dodd, was born in 1795. He was 
a very prominent man in the politics of 
the town and county. His wife was 
Elizabeth, daughter of Ichabod Harrison. 
He lived in the homestead on Dodd 
street. He had one son and two daugh- 
ters. Elizabeth, the only married 
daughter, was the wife of Enos J. 
Halstead, of M. O., formerly of East 
Orange. Amzi S., the only son (1826- 
1872), married Hannah L., daughter 
of Thomas D. Kilburn. Their only 
living child is Amzi Thomas, who 
married, and is living with his mother on 
the old homestead in East Orange. 

Lewis Munn, who was elected in 1810 
one of the Overseers of the Highways, 
was the eldest son in a family of three 
sons and five daughters, children of David 
Munn (1761-1843) and Abigail Baldwin. 
She was a daughter of Moses Baldwin, 
of Moses, of James, of Joseph, of Joseph, 
the Newark ancestor. He was a farmer by 
occupation and his house is still standing 
on the southwest corner of Main street and 
Munn avenue. East Orange. He was 
born in 1784 and died in 1S42. His wife 
was Phebe Jones, daughter of Ichabod 
Jones, of -Samuel, of Joseph, of John, the 
ancestor. They had two sons and three 
daughters. Asa B., the eldest son (1809- 
1874), married Mary P. Hand, of Spring- 
field, N. J. They had four sons and one 
daughter. Four of the children died in 
infancy. Their only surviving son is 
Joseph L. Munn, born in 1840, who mar- 
ried Philena E.. daughter of John M. 
Randall. Thompson Condit Munn, the 
youngest son of Lewis Munn, was born 
in 1814 and married first, Maretta Camp- 
bell (1816-1858). daughter of Peter Camp- 
bell, of Phinehas, of John, the Orange 
ancestor. He married second, Henrietta 
Ward, daughter of Joseph C. Ward, of 
Montclair. His third wife is Sarah Jane, 
daughter of Samuel Smith, of Orange. 
They reside on Munn avenue. East 
Orange. Abby D., the eldest child of 
Lewis Munn (1806-1881), married Caleb 
Baldwin, of Caleb, of Ezekiel, of John, 
of Jonathan, the Newark ancestor. Caleb 
Baldwin is living in Newark with his 
married daughter at the advanced age of 
97 years. Lydia Ann (1807-1891), the sec- 
ond daughter of Lewis was the wife of 
Joseph H. Baldwin, of Montclair. 

Japhia Condit, elected in 1811 one of the 
Overseers of the Highways, was the 
eldest son in a family of four sons and 
five daughters of Col. David and Joanna 
Condit, daughter of Matthew Williams, 
of Orange. Col. David was born in 1734 



and died in 1777. He was the fourth son 
in a family of five sons and one daughter 
of Samuel and Mary Condit, of Samuel, 
of Daniel, the Nevvark ancestor. Col. 
David was in his country's service in the 
war of the Revolution ; promoted to 
Major in 1776 and for gallantry made 
Lieutenant-Colonel in 1777. Japhia, born 
in 1760, was in the service in the Revolu- 
tion as a private under Capt. Squier in 
the Second New Jersey Regiment. His 
first wife, and the mother of all but one 
of his children, was Dorcas Dodd, daugh- 
ter of Silas Dodd, of Stephen, of Daniel. 
He married second, Phebe Ogden, widow 
of Rufus Harrison. He lived on the 
mountain farm inherited from his father. 
He died in 1849. He had five sons and 
seven daughters. Silas D. Condit, the 
oldest married son, was born in 1796 
and died in i860. His wife was Phebe 
Pierson, daughter of Enos Pierson, of 
Samuel, of Samuel, of Samuel In 1839 
he moved with his family of ten children 
to Ohio. David VV., next to the youngest 
son (1801-1884). inherited the farm and 
homestead. He was a carpenter by 
trade. His wife was Cornelia Perry, of 
Orange (1806-1874). He had two sons, 
and one daughter who died in 1876 un- 
married. Lewis, born 1830, married 
Harriet E. Pierson, daughter of Jotham 
Pierson. They are residents of West 
Orange. John P., the youngest son, 
born in 1838, resides on the old farm. 
His wife is Martha A. Baldwin, daughter 
of Marshall Baldwin, of Caldwell. 

Benjamin Williams, Jr., elected one of 
the Overseers of the Highways in 1811, 
wasthe fifth in descent from Matthew 
Williams, the ancestor in this country. 
He was born in 1776, died in 1842 and 
was the fourth son in a family of eight 
sons and four daughters, children of 
Benjamin Williams and Phebe Crane, 
daughter of Caleb Crane, of Jonathan, 
of Jasper, of Jasper, the Newark ancestor. 
Benjamin Williams, Sr.'s first wife was 
Elizabeth, daughter of John Condit. She 
died in 1763, leaving one daughter. The 
children of Benjamin Williams, Sr., 
married and were the ancestor of many 
Orange descendants. Benjamin Wil- 
liams, Jr., married in 1806 Joanna Wil- 
liams, daughter of Zenas Williams, of 
Nathaniel, of Amos, a grandson of Mat- 
thew the first. They had four sons and 
five daughters, of whom two sons and 
two daughters lived to marry. Archi- 
bald, the eldest son (1814-1867), married 
Margaret Curtis. John Crane Williams 
(1816-1884) married Eveline Lee, daugh- 
ter of Isaac B. Lee. They had five sons, 
two only married. Ezra C. (1850) mar- 
ried Virginia B. Williams, daughter of 



Charles Williams. Benjamin L. (1852) 
married Ella Stuble, born in 1845, died 
in i88g. They had in 1880 three sons. 
Amanda, daughter of Benjamin Wil- 
liams, Jr , born in 1806, married John 
Dodd, of Abram, of James. Mary, the 
second daughter, born 1809, was the 
wife of Jesse Williams (1810-1885) a 
prominent public man in the Oranges for 
many years. He was a son of Matthew, 
of Captain Thomas, She died in 1S92. 
The only living descendent of Jesse and 
Mary Williams is Julia Williams, who is 
living in the old homestead on Wash- 
ington street. Orange. 

Matthew Williams, who was elected 
one of the Overseers of the Highways in 
iSii, was the third son of Captain 
Thomas Williams (1740 1830) and Dorcas 
Harrison (1741-1806), daughter of Nath- 
aniel. Captain Thomas had a family of 
four sons and five daughters, all of 
whom married and left numerous de- 
scendants. Matthew was born 1774 and 
died in 1830. His first wife was Phebe, 
daughter of Governor Benjamin Wil- 
liams and Phebe Crane (1773-1805.) His 
second wife was Elizabeth Leonard. He 
had four sons and three daughters. 
Philip (1803-18 79) married Jane Wright. 
She died in 1896. They had no family. 
John (1808-1848) married Catherine Mc- 
Cormick. They had two sons and four 
daughters. The eldest, James P., born 
1839, married Julia L. Peck and had two 
sons and two daughters. Jesse, the 
youngest son, born 1810, is noticed in 
note on Benjamin Williams. Sally, the 
second daughter (1805-1S80) was the wife 
of Zenas Williams, of Zenas, of Nathan 
iel, of Amos, of Matthew. Abby, the 
youngest daughter, was the wife of 
Thomas Sargeant Tichenor (1799-1882.) 

Caleb Hedden, who was elected in 
i8ii one of the Overseers of the High- 
ways, was a son of Jonathan (1733-1795). 
The family of Jonathan consisted of four 
sons and three daughters. Abial. the 
third son, born in 1767, lived on Main 
street, corner of Burnett street, East 
Orange. Although he was a stone- 
cutter, and polished and cut gravestone 
inscriptions for others, no stone is known 
to mark his resting-place. He had six 
sons and four daughters. His son Uzal 
(1793-1836) married Mary Baldwin, 
daughter of Isaac Baldwin. His son 
Caleb (1794-1852) married Matilda Bald- 
win, daughter of Enos Baldwin, of Phin- 
eas, of Joseph. They had four sons and 
four daughters. Elijah (1799-1S72) mar- 
ried Sally Maria Baldwin (1798-1S53), 
daughter of Enos Baldwin of Phineas. 
They had four sons and four daughters. 
Samuel S. (1803-1876) married Mary Ann 



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Achron (1809-1877). They had six sons 
and three daughters, the second son, 
Vinar J., being the head of the building 
firm of Hedden & Sons, Newark. Caleb 
HediJen, son of Jonathan, had two sons 
and a daughter, Sarah C, who married 
Philip Williams, son of Governor Ben- 
jamin Williams. Jotham, the eldest son 
of Caleb Hedden, born in 1800, was a 
mason by trade, but was for many years 
engaged in the lime and cement works 
in Newark His home was on Main 
street, corner of Grove street. East 
Orange. Lewis, the second son, was 
also a mason by trade, and lived on 
Grove street. One of his children was 
the Rev. William Hedden, for many 
years pastor of the East Orange Baptist 
church. He was born in 1828 and died 
in 1890. Edward Hedden, the ancestor 
of the family in the Oranges, born about 
1666, married Jane Jones, probably a 
daughter of John Jones. She died in 
1773, aged 105 years. They had Joseph 
(1702-1798), who had seven sons and four 
daughters. One of his sons was Jona- 
than, the father of Caleb. 

Isaac Munn, who was elected in iSxi 
one of the Overseers of the Highways, 
was one of a family of five sons and two 
daughters of John Munn (i755-i793) and 
Ruth Harrison, daughter of Amos Har- 
rison, of Samuel, of Samuel, of Sergeant 
Richard. Among the children of John 
and Ruth Munn was Daniel, a shoe- 
maker by trade, who lived on Main 
street, corner of Cherry lane, now Ar- 
lington avenue. East Orange. His wife 
was Ann Ricker (1789-1854). They had 
one son, Peter R., who married Harriet 
Condit, of Reuben, of Daniel, of Samuel. 
Enos Smith Munn, of John, was a car- 
penter by trade. His home and the 
home of his father is still standing on 
Main street. East Orange. His wife was 
Phebe Riker, sister to Ruth, his brother 
Daniel's wife. They had two sons and 
four daughters, one of whom, Hannah 
(1821-X871), was the wife of Calvin H. 
Condit, of Cheveral of Daniel. He was 
the father of Henrietta A., the widow of 
Daniels Rice, of East Orange. Another 
daughter, Ella K. is the wife of Col. 
George P. Olcott, of East Orange, while 
the youngest, Clara, is the wife of Philip 
C. Williams, also of East Orange. Amos 
Munn (1780-1825), son of John and Ruth 
Munn, married Abby Myers, daughter 
of Benjamin Myers, son of Zebulon. 
They had one son and three daughters. 
Isaac Munn, son of John and Ruth Munn, 
was born in 1782 and died in 1856. His 
wife was Mary, daughter of Capt. Abijah 
Harrison. They had a famify of four 
sons and seven daughters, all of whom 



married and had families. One of the 
daughters, Rebecca L., born in 1817. was 
the wife of John C. Ward. She died in 
Newark, February ist of this year, at 80 
years of age. 

Joseph B. Tillou, who was elected in 
1811 one of the Overseers of the High- 
ways, was a resident of South Orange, 
and was a son of Peter Tillou and Mary 
Brown, daughter of Joseph Brown (1744- 
1841). Peter Tillou (1742-1829), is be- 
lieved to have been the first of the name 
in the Oranges. Joseph B. Tillou (1773- 
1860), married Mary Freeman (1782-1854). 
Her line was Amos, Samuel, Deacon 
Samuel, Stephen. They had six sons 
and two daughters. Joseph Morris 
Tillou, the eldest. (i8ot)-i83o), married 
Elizabeth B. Durand, daughter of John 
Durand. Abijah F. Tillou, born in 1810, 
is well known in the Oranges His wife 
was Parmelia Brown. daughter of 
Samuel Brown. She was born in 1810 
and died in 1879. Charles, born in 1813, 
married Eliza Vail, daughter of Henry 
Vail. Job B., born 1825, married Hettie 
Mandeville. Rodney W. Tillou lives in 
in Honesdale, Pa. The only survivors 
of the family of Joseph B. Tillou are 
Abijah F., Job B. and Rodney W. 

Cyrus Jones, who was elected <Jiie of the 
Commissioners of Appeals in i8i2, was the 
eldest in a family of three sons and six 
daughters of Cornelius Jones, 1741, and 
Joanna Harrison of Jose|jh, grandson ot 
Serg. Richard. The hutne of Cornelius 
was on Main street, northeast corner of 
Munn avenue, East Orange, and was left 
to his two oldest sons, .Samuel and Cyrus. 
Samuel sold out to Cyrus and moved to 
A.msterdam, N. Y., where his descendants 
reside. Hie youngest son, Matthias, prob- 
ably died young Nancy, the eldest 
daughter, (1772-1844), married .Vloses Wil- 
liams, (1771 1821), of Captain rhonia« ; 

Mary, bo'n 1774, married Hedden ; 

Naomie, born 1774, married Enos Lyon ; 
Martha, born 1776, married Levi Lyon ; 
Joanna, born about 1780, married Daniel 
Matthews, (1777- 1854), of Daniel, of Daniel, 
the Orange ancestor. Cyrus Jones, born 
August 24, 1770, died May 27, 1870, aged 
99 years 9 months. His wife was jemima 
Munn, daughter of Benjamin, the Orange 
ancestor, born 1772, died 1864, aged 91 
years, 3 months. They had one son, Vi- 
ner Van Zandt, born 1794, died 1823 ; mar- 
ried Harriet Condit, of Samuel, of Daniel, 
(1795-188C). She married second Deacon 
Henry Piers<jn, of Bethuel, ot Samuel, Jr. 
She had by her first husband two sons, one 
of whom died in infancy. Samuel C , the 
other son. born 1819, married Mary O. Ivil- 
burn, of Daniel. They reside on Munn 
a\'enue. East Orange. Caroline, the only 
married daughter of Cyrus, born 1800, 



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died 1875, was the wife ni Aaron Burr 
Harrison, of Major Aaron, of Matthew, 
1796 18S4. They had three sons ant.1 five 
daughters. Cyrus J., born 1824, is a res- 
ident of West Orange. The family is 
mentioned in a previous note. 

Amos WiiUams, elected in 181 2 one of 
the Ovei seers of the Highways, was a son 
of Governor Benjamin Williams, of Amos. 
He was horn in 1782 and died in 1843. 
His first wile was Phebe Munn, pnjbably 
daiighierof LchabodMunn of Samuel (1787- 
1823). He married second Joanna Camp- 
bell . (1798 1841), probably daughter of 
Phineas Campbell, of John and Rebecca 
Baldwin He had four sons and two 
daughters. The Rev. Dr. James A. Wil- 
liams, the eldest, born in 1809 and died in 
1883, was long known as the rector of St. 
Mark's Episcopal Church, of West Orange. 
His wife was Elizabeth A. Condit, daugh- 
ter of Ichabod Condit (1813-1860). They 
had one son and two daughters, Maria E., 
Selena ¥., and Stephen W. Williams. 
Edward, son of Amos, born in 1821, married 
Marion White. They had four sons and 
two daughters. The eldest living child, 
James Austin Williams, married Mary 
Robinson. 1 he youngest son, Alfred 
Grant Williams, married Josephine Bald- 
win, daughter of Benjamin Baldwin, of 
Jeptha ot South Orange. 

Nathan Williams, elected in 1812 one of 
the Overseers of the Highways and sub- 
sequently in 1815 a member of the Town- 
ship Committee, was a representati\'e of 
the South Orange or Camptown district. 
He was the only son in a family of eight 
children of Jonathan and Mar>' Williams 
(Squier), probal>ly a sister of Capt. Henry 
Squier. She was born 1750, and died 
1820. Nathan, born in 1774, died in 
1861. His second wiie was Catherine 
Wade, daughter of Henry Wade (1779- 
1841.) Nathan and Catherine Wade had 
two sons and two daughters. The eldest, 
Jonathan Squier {18JI-1875), married 
Phebe Perry, daughter of William Perry 
(1802-1882). He was a ruling elder in 
the Orange church from 1834 until his 
death. He had five sons and two daugh- 
ters. Samuel A., the eldest (1824-1871), 
married Frances Harrison, daugliter of 
Captain Abraham Harrison. William N., 
born 1829, married Phebe A. Underhill. 
She died in 1893. He is a resident of 
West Orange. Rev. Albert, the second 
son of Nathan, born in 1809, married 
Mary Parker Havens (i8lb-l88Sj. He was 
engaged for several years in pastoral and 
missionary work on the Pacific coast. 

James Reynolds, elected in l8l2 one of 
the Overseers of the Highways, was as far 
as known the first of that name in the 
Oranges. He was born in 1774, and died 
in 1850. By his first wife, Lydia Dodd, 
daughter of Joseph Dodd, of Daniel (1775- 



1806). he had two sons and one daugh- 
ter. By his second wife he had two daugh- 
ters. 'J'he eldest, Lydia, married John 
Mitchell. Mary, the youngest, married 
William Vreeland. a former well known 
resident ot the Oranges. A son, William 
H , resides in Orange. Abby, the only 
daughter by his first wife (lSoo-1885), 
married John Mitchell (1797-1852) He 
was probably a brother of Lewis Mitchell, 
a former resident of East Orange, and 
the father of Aaron P. and tieorge L. 
Mitchell. He died in 1871. John and 
Abby Mitchell had three sons Marcus, 
one of the sons, was the father of Marcus 
Mitchell, of East Orange. Daniel D., the 
oldest son of James Reynolds (1798-1880), 
married Eliza Gurnee, and had three sons, 
one of whom, James Everett Reynolds, is 
a prominent resident ot East Orange. 
Clinton G., another son of Daniel D., 
born in 1835, was shot dead in his office in 
New York city. May 20, 1890. Moscs; the 
youngest son of James and Lydia Rey- 
n(jlds (18OJ-1870), married Jai e D. Bald- 
win, daughter of Matthias Baldwin, of 
Matthias, of Israel, ot Joseph (1812 1882). 
They had two sons, Edward B.. 1841, 
killed on the railroad in 1847. Theodore 
W. (1842-1880), married Carrie Fairbanks. 
His widow married [oseph D. Harrison, 
of Richard B., of East Orange. 

Captain Zenas Williams, one of the 
Overseers of the Highways elected in 
in 1812, was a resident of the Tory Corner 
district in W^est Orange. He was the 
third son m a family ot seven sons and 
one daughter of Nathaniel, 1733, and Mary 
Widiams, daughter of Samuel Pierson 
(1736-1816). Captain Zenas was the fourth 
in descent from Matthew, the Orange an- 
cestor, the line being Matthew, Amos, 
Nathaniel, Zenas. He was born in 1762, 
and died in 1829. He married Naomi 
Williams, daughter of Eleazor Williams, 
of Gersiiom, ot Matthew, They had six 
sons and three daughters. His fifth son, 
Zenas, Jr., (i8oi-i88o), married .Sally 
Williams, daughter of Matthew Williams, 
of Captain Thomas, of Matthew. They 
had two sons and two daughters The 
eldest, Zenas, Jr., born in 1832, died in 
1885. His son, Ira C. Williams, succeeded 
to the business of his father in the firm of 
Williams & Condit, in East Orange. 

Uzal Dodd, who was elected in 1813 one 
of the Overseers of the Highways was a 
representati\-e of an old Orange family. 
He was ihe third in a family of tour sons 
and one daughter, of John and Jane Dodd 
(Smith), of Joseph, of James, the ancestor. 
John Dodd (1726 1795) was the fourth in 
descent ivom Daniel, the ancestor, the 
line being: Daniel, Daniel, John, John. 
Uzal (1759-1827) married Phebe Freeman, 
daughter of Joseph Freeman, of Samuel, 
of Stephen, the ancestor. They lived on 



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Dodd street, corner of Glenwood av^enue, 
East Orange. They had one son and three 
daughters. The eldest, Mary, born in 
1784 was the wife of Caleb Baldwin. 
Amanda, the second daughter (17QI- 1852). 
married Peter Campbell, of Phineas, of 
John. Lucinda, the youngest, born in 
1793, married Henry Vail. Samuel Mor- 
lis, the only son (1788-1831). married Je- 
mima Condit daughter of Samuel Condit 
(1891-1S82). They had two sons and three 
daughters Mary, the eldest, born in 1812, 
is the widow of Geoi-ge W. Freeman, who 
died'in 1891. She is living in East Orange. 
Livenia and Margaretta were the first and 
second wives of Calvin D. Pierson. who 
died in 1888 Samuel C. was the eldest 
son (1822-1831). He with his father and a 
hired man were suffocated by foul air in 
an unused cider cistern, October 24, 1831. 
Captain Samuel Uzal, the youngest of the 
familv of Samuel Morris Dodd, was born 
in 1828, and married fir-t Sarah Ann Dodd. 
daughter of Aaron Dodd. She died in 
18(0. He married second Hannah Maria 
Condit, daughter of Cheveril Condit. He 
was mortally wounded at the head of his 
Company, near Fredricksburg, Va., June 
5, 18(13. Uzal Dodd Post, G. A. K., is 
named in his honor. 

Zebina Dodd (1762-1843), elected in 1814 
one. of the Overseers of the Highways, 
was the eldest son in a family of two 
sons and seven daughters of David and 
Sarah Dodd, daughterof Joseph Hairison, 
of Joseph of Sergeant Richard. He mar- 
ried (Betsey) Elizabeth Range, daughter 
of John Range. She died in 1827. They 
They had a family of four sons and four 
daughters. The eldest son, John R., 
married Sophia Bacon and had three sons. 
The family lived in Bloomfield. Samuel 
Tyler, the second son (i 798-1849), in- 
herited the homestead on Dodd street, 
the house being still standing nearly 
opposite the old Bethel Presbyterian 
church. They had a family of seven 
sons and one daughter. Phebe, born in 
1823, was the wife of Isaac L. Van 
Orden, who died in the old homestead in 
1882. One of the sons of Samuel T. is 
Israel L. Dodd, a well known resident of 
East Orange. Stephen H. Dodd, of 
Samuel T. (1828-1856), married Letitia 
Halsted. They had one daughter, Adele 
H., who is the second wife of James H. ■ 
Lindsley, of William street, East Orange. 

Lewis Dodd, who was elected one of 
the Overseers of the Highways in 1814, 
was the third son in a family of four 
sons and five daughters of Matthias and 
Sarah Dodd, daughter of Joseph Munn 
(1759-1S48). Joseph was born 1753 and 
died by drowning in 1801. Lewis was 
born in 1784 and died in 1861. His wife 
was Elizabeth, daughter of Caleb Bald- 



win (1788-1884), of Ezekial, of John, of 
Jonathan. He inherited the homestead 
on Whiskey lane, now Grove street, East 
Orange, i hey had four sons and five 
daughters. His eidest son, .Matthias M. 
Dodd, born in 1814, inherited the home- 
stead where he now resides with his 
second wife, Emily Bullock. His first 
wife was Harriet Rowe, daughter of 
Stephen Rowe, She died in 1880. They 
had three daughters. The eldest, Ann 
Elizabeth, married Aaron P. Mitchell, 
of Lewis. He died in 1S93. He was the 
father of Dr. Winthrop D. Mitchell, of 
East Orange. Dr. Bethuel L. Dodd, 
the youngest son of Lewis, was born in 
1826, and married Susan E. Jaques, 
daughter of John Jaques (1821-1870). He 
married second, Gertrude R. Ward, 
daughter of Richard R. Ward. Dr. Dodd 
is well known in the Oranges. 

Peter Peck, who was elected in 1815 
one of the Overseers of Highways, was a 
resident of the South Orange district. 
He was the eldest son of Stephen Peck, 
of Judge John, of Deacon Joseph, of 
Joseph (1675), the Orange ancestor 
Peter Peck, married first, Ruth Ouimby 
second, Rhoda Harrison. He had one 
son and six daughters. One of the 
daughters, Phebe Peck, born in 1811, 
married Mahlon Freeman. Moses, the 
only son, born 1824, married Emily 
Harrison, daughter of Amos A. Harri- 
son. 

Wheeler Lindsley, elected in 1S18 one of 
the Overseers of the Highways, was a son 
of Daniel and Hannah Lindsley, daughter 
of Captain Thomas Williams. They had 
four sons and one daughter, Lydia, who 
married James Field, the father of James 
W. Field, of West (Jrange. Nathaniel, the 
eldest son of Daniel (I78c)-i826), married 
Mary Dean, daughter of Peter Dean. 
John, another son of Daniel, and brother 
of Wheeler (1799- 1846), married Eliza Con- 
dit, daughter of Stephen Condit, of Timo- 
thy, of JS'athaniel, grandson of John, the 
ancestor. They had Dr. Charles A. 11826), 
who married Lydia Harrison, daughter of 
Aaron B. Harrison. Wheeler Lindsley 
was a bachelor, and was a farmer by oc- 
cupation. His home was on Northfield 
road at its intersection with Valley road, 
West Orange. 

The Campbell family. Among the sub- 
scribers for the erection of the second 
meeting house, in 1753 appear the names 
of John Campbell and James Campbell. 
John and Benjamin Campbell were 
members of the Alountain Society in 1756. 
Benjamin had Moses and Aaron. Nothing 
further is known of Benjamin's family. 
John Campbell married Rebecca Baldwin 
Matthews, the widow of Daniel Matthews. 
They had two sons and five daughters. Of 



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Caleb, the eldest, iiolhing is known. Phin- 
eas, the second son (1755-1S13). married 
Jane Dean, (lauc;hter of John Dean, of 
( )ran<:;e. They had three sons and pi'obably 
four daughters. Lydia. daughter of I'hmeas 
Campbell (1800-1S66), married Silas Munn, 
of Amos Mary, another daughter of 
Phineas, married Adonijah Osinun, while 
Catherine married Amos Williams, of 
Governor Benjamin. 

Henry Benson Campbell, elected in 
1S21 one of the Commissioners of Ap- 
peal and, at subsequent elections, to tfie 
positions of Moderator or Judge of Elec- 
tion was, in his day, a representative 
man. He was the second son of I-'hineas 
Campbell and Jane Dean, daughter 
of John. Henry B. married Elizabeth 
Munn, daughter of David Munn, of Ben- 
jamin. He was a shoe manufacturer, 
his home and place of business being on 
South Main street, east of Hickory street, 
this city. He had four sons and three 
daughters ; all but one son and two 
daughters died in infancy. Mary Anne, 
born in 1813, married I^hilip Ward, of 
Timothy. She died in 1S75 and he died 
in 1S86. A married son, Linus Ward, is 
a resident of East Orange. Jane Louisa, 
daughter of Henry B., never married. 
Charles H., the only son who grew to 
manhood, born in 1827, never married 
and died in this city in 1882. 

John Quinby, the Collector, concerning 
whom a note is printed on page i, was a 
son of Josiah Quinby, and not of Moses 
Quinby as there stated. Caleb Quinby, 
born the same year with John (1770), was 
a son of Moses Quinby, the eldest brother 
of John Josiah Quinby (1726-1805) was 
a son of Josiah of Josiah of John of 
William, the ancestor. His wife was 
Martha Harrison (1728-17QI , daughter of 
Joseph Harrison, of Joseph of Sergeant 
Richard. They had twelve children, six 
sons and six daughters. John was the 
youngest (1770-1839). One of the sons of 
Josiah was Aaron (17^4-1824), who had 
Daniel (17S0-1851), who married Martha 
Tlchenor (1784-1862). They had three 
sons and two daughters. The eldest son 
was Aaron Quinby (1807-1881). He was 
widely known in this city. His wife was 
Matilda Williams (1809-1885), daughter of 
Jeniah Williams of Zopher of Joseph of 
Gershom. Caleb, of Moses, born in 1770, 
married Rhoda Tompkins, daughter of 
Joseph Tompkins. They had three sons 
and four daughters. The youngest was 
Charles, born in 1807, and died at his 
home in East Orange in 18S6. 

Isaac Baldwin, who was elected in 1820 
one of the Overseers of the Highways, 
was the second of three sons in a family of 
eight children of Caleb Bald win (1 75 7-1 799) 



and Lydia Johnson. Caleb's descent was 
from F^zekiel of John of Jonathan, the 
Newark ancestor. Of the children of 
Caleb I^aldwin. David Johnson, born in 
1785. married Nancy M. Hall. They had 
seven sons and two daughters. The 
only married daughter, Theodosia Maria, 
born in 1820, was the wife of Alfred S. 
Williams of Ebenezer (1818-1849) She 
married second, Joseph Karge. Of his 
sons Augustus Smith, born in 1810, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Kinney. He was an Ad- 
miral in the United States Navy. James 
M,, born in 1825, married Emily M. 
Bibly. He resides at Paterson, N. J. 
The youngest son of Caleb Baldwin was 
Caleb, born November ^8th, 1799. He 
married first, Sarah Pierson (1802-1834). 
They had four sons and one daughter, 
Mary B., who married Caleb Neagles. 
He married second, Abby D. Munn, 
daughter of Lewis Munn (1806-1881). 
They had two sons and two daughters. 
Caleb, now in his ninety-eighth year, is 
spending a quiet old age with his married 
daughter in Newark, N. ]. 

Isaac Baldwin, son of Caleb Baldwin 
(1791-1877), married Nancy Hopper (1796- 
1S74). They had four sons and three 
daughters. Sarah M., the eldest, born 
in 1819, was the wife of Richard A. Ter- 
hune (1817-1S85). The second daughter, 
Martha A., born in 1823, was the wife of 
Jeptha Harrison (1820-1894.), of Abijah, 
Jr., of Captain Abijah. Caleb Johnson, 
the eldest son (1817-18S9), married Anna 
M. Gray. They had two children, Clar- 
ence W., who married Mary Gould, and 
Almena G. Isaac Preston, the second son 
(1821-1893), married Abby Dean (1822- 
1891), daughter of Viner Dean, of Peter 
of John. They had two sons and four 
daughters. Of the former, Frank W. 
and Jeptha H. reside in West Orange. 
Henry, the third son of Isaac Baldwin, 
born in 1826, married Caroline C. Foster 
(1828-1883). They had two sons and five 
daughters. Lewis M., the youngest son, 
born in 1S28, married Eva Stope. They 
had four sons and two daughters. He 
resides in this city. 

The Rev. Uzal W. Condit, who was a 
member of the School Committee from 
1842 to 1844, has long been a resident of 
Easton, Pa. Uzal W. Condit was a son 
of Uzal Gondii and Phebe Wade. His 
home was in West Orange, between the 
mountains. He was the sixth in descent 
from John Condit, the ancestor. Uzal 
was the second son in a family of six 
sons and three daughters of Isaac Con- 
dit (1859-1829) and Phebe Baldwin, 
daughter of Benjamin Baldwin, (1760- 
1835). The Rev. Uzal was born in 1815, 
and married first, Martha E. Vanhouten. 



He married second, Sophia Van Doren. 
He iiad one son and four daughters. 
Mr. Condit was apprenticed at shoe- 
making with Charles Lighthipe, father 
of Charles A. Lighthipe, of this city. 
While working at his trade, he with help 
from others, entered on a course of pre- 
paration for the ministry. He graduat- 
ed from Williams College in 1847, and in 
1850 from Union Theological Seminary. 
His longest and latest pastorate was for 
twenty-five years over the Presbyterian 
church at Easton, Pa., his present home, 
William P. Soverel, who was elected 
in 1821 one of the Overseers of the High- 
ways, was the eldest of a family of two 
sons and five daughters of Matthias 
Soverel and Betsey (Elizabeth) Parret 
(1790-1864). He was born in 17SS and 
died in 1822. He married Elizabeth, the 
youngest of eight children of John 
Wright and Elizaleth Peck (1747-181Q), 
of Deacon Joseph (1702-1772), of Joseph 
(1675-1746), and Lydia Ball, of Edward, 
the Newark ancestors. They had five 
children, two sons and three daughters. 
The oldest son was Matthias, born in 
1816, the father of the Soverels of the 
Oranges. He resides with his married 
daughter, Mrs. Charles M. Whitlock, 
Wilmington, N. C. The ancestor of this 
branch of the Soverel family in this 
country was Abraham, born in England 
in 1716, and died in Orange in 1745. In 
1739 he came to this country with an ex- 
ploring and mining company. At that 
time or soon after copper mining was 
being developed in the Doddtown dis- 
trict of the Oranges, a shaft being sunk 
on the farm of John Dodd, on Second 
river in the rear of the chapel building 
on Dodd street. East Orange. Mr. Sov- 
erel married in 1741 Jane, daughter of 
Matthew and Ruth Williams, the Orange 
ancestors. She was second in a family 
of four sons and five daughters. They 
had two children, Jane, born 1743 and 
Matthias (1745-1767). He married Abi- 
gail, the youngest of eight children of 
Samuel Dodd of Samuel of Daniel, the 
ancestor. They had one child, Matthias, 
(1766-1S04). He married Betsey Parret 
(1768-1810), of Hanover, N. J. They had 
seven children, two sons and five daugh- 
ters. The eldest son, William P. Soverel, 
born in 1788, died in 1822. They had 
five children, two sons and three 
daughters. Matthias, the eldest and 
only surviving'son, was until recently a 
well known resident of East Orange. 

Jonathan DeCamp, elected in 1844 one 
of the Overseers of the Highways, was 
the third of four sons and three daugh- 
ters of Benjamin DeCamp and Dorcas 



Williams, daughter of Jonathan Williams 
of Samuel of Samuel of Matthew, the 
ancestor. Jonathan's wife was Margaret 
Vincent. They had two sons and four 
daughters. His home is in Roseland, 
N.J. 

As far as is known only three of those 
elected to town offices even as late as 
1S44 are now living. One of the three, 
George Washington Smith, is well known 
to nearly all old residents. In 1S43 his 
name appears as being elected one of the 
Surveyors of the Highways. Mr. Smith 
was the sixth son of Captain Jonas Smith 
(1773-1S48) by his second wife, Eliza 
Clark, widow of John Tucker (1783-1845). 
See record of Captain Jonas Smith, page 
2. George Washington Smith was born 
in 1820. He married Margaret .Munn, 
daughter of William Munn, of Aaron of 
Benjamin, the ancestor. They had five 
sons and two daughters. Two of the 
sons died in infancy. The other sons 
married and have families. The other 
members of the surviving trio are Uzal 
W, Condit and Jonathan DeCamp, whose 
records appear in these notes to-day. 

Daniel D. Condit (1783-1839), who was 
elected in 1824 as one of the Overseers of 
the Poor and served for several years, 
resided on Center street. He was the 
only child of Philip Condit, of Morris- 
town, and Mary Condit (1756-1826), 
daughter of Daniel Condit, of Samuel, 
the Orange ancestor. His wife was 
Achsah Dodd, daughter of Linas Dodd 
(1789-1855). He was a carpenter by 
trade and an elder in the First Presby- 
terian church until his death. He had a 
family of seven sons and four daughters. 
Five of the children of Daniel D. Con- 
dit are living ; Ira A. Condit, in Jersey, 
Ohio ; J. H. Hobert Condit, in Columbus, 
O.; Daniel H. Condit, in Camden, N. J.; 
Mary, the widow of George Taylor, in 
Pataskala, O., and Margaret, an unmar- 
ried daughter, in New Jersey. 

William Condit, who was elected Col- 
lector in 1830, and continued in office un- 
til about 1848, was the second son in a 
family of five sons and three daughters 
of Captain Moses Condit (1760-1S3S) and 
Hannah Smith, daughter of James Smith 
(1740-1784) of David (1705-1777) of James 
the ancestor in the Oranges (1665-1727). 
William Condit was born in 1791 and 
died in this city in 1SS3. He married 
first, Maria Stryker, daughter of Henry 
Stryker, of Orange (1797-1841). He mar- 
ried second, Hannah Hillyer, a widow, 
who died in 1S47. He had a family of 
seven sons and three daughters. They 
all married and had families except the 
youngest daughter, who died in infancy, 



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and Lewis Fletcher, the youngest son, 
born in 1842, and who died in the army 
in 1S62. Two of the sons of William are 
living in the Oranges. Henry S. Condit, 
born in 1819, married Sarah Robbins, 
who died in 1S50, and second, Matilda 
Babb. He had no family. Theodore 
Condit, the other living son of William, 
born in 1824, married Hannah Maria 
Hillyer, who died in 1854. He married 
second, Eunice Lavene Phipany, He 
had by his first wife two sons and one 
daughter; by his second wife two sons 
and three daughters. 

William Condit began life as a shoe- 
maker, but early in life turned his atten- 
tion to mercantile pursuits. His father. 
Captain Moses Condit, in his later years, 
kept a store on Main street near Scotland. 
Probably as early as 1815 W^illiam kept a 
store on Main street north of Center. 
In 1822 he moved to a store building on 
the south corner of Main and Center 
streets owned by Daniel Stryker. This 
building was destroyed by fire about 
1S31, when the building recently taken 
down was built and occupied by him for 
many years. The only married daughter 
of Captain Moses Condit was Maria S. 
(1789-1869), who married Charles Ligh- 
thipe (1789-1845). They had five sons 
and one daughter. Two of the sons, 
Lewis C. and Charles A., are living in 
this city. 

Job Williams, the last Collector of the 
township of Orange before the incorpora- 
tion of "'The Town of Orange" in 1S60, 
came from an old Colonial family. He 
traced his descent from Matthew Williams 
(1651), the Newark ancestor. Matthew 
was the third son in a family of four sons 
and one daughter of Matthew Williams, 
of Wethersfield, Conn. His wife was 
Ruth. They had four sons and five 
daughters. Gershom, the third son, born 
169S, married Hannah Lampson They 
had five sons and three daughters. Ruth, 
the eldest daughter, was the wife of 



Daniel Condit, of Samuel. Another 
daughter, Joanna, was the wife of David 
Tichenor (1731-1788). Gershom, the sec- 
ond son (1730), married Martha Condit 
of Samuel. Joseph, the fourth son of 
Gershom, of Matthew, married Elizabeth 

(175S-1797). They had two children. 

Susannah, who married Peter Condit 
(1778-1S13) of Nathaniel of Isaac, a grand- 
son of John, the ancestor. Susannah 
(Williams) Condit died in 1875 at the 
home of her granddaughter, Eliza P. 
Lindsley, wife of Ogden W. Lindsley, of 
East Orange. The only son of Joseph 
Williams was Zophar, who married Sarah 
Hedden. She died in 1780. They had 
six children, one of whom, Jeniah, (1770- 
1S31) married Charlotte Pearce(r776-i863). 
They had four sons and six daughters. 
The eldest son was Job (1802-1871). He 
married Catherine Tichenor (1803-1895), 
daughter of John Stiles, of Deacon Samuel. 
Job was a prominent hat manufacturer 
in Orange, his home and place of bus- 
iness being on Main street on the site of 
the North Orange Baptist church. He 
was also a valued member of the (Brick) 
Second Presbyterian church from its 
organization, and as above stated the 
last Collector of the "Township of 
Orange." He had four sons and one 
daughter. The youngest son died at 
II years. Leander, the eldest son (1S28- 
1895), was well known in the Oranges. 
He was twice married ; first to Emily 
Smith, daughter of Daniel Smith. She 
died in 1870. His second wife was Mary 

E. McDaniel. Leander had four sons 
and one daughter. One of the sons is 
Edgar, the editor of the Orange Journal. 
Chauncey G., born 1831, married Emily 

F. Ward, and has been Collector of 
Taxes for the city of Orange since 1875. 
Richard Girard, another son of Job, 
married Florence Stevens. She died in 
1887. Mary, the youngest child of Job 
Williams, was married to Benjamin P. 
Mulford and now resides in this city. 



CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. 



On page 5, at end of last full para- 
graph, Rev. Joseph Dance's name should 
be Vance. 

Page 6, first column, near the bottom, 
note Amzi Pierson, married Mary Riker 
and had a son Charles and a daughter 
Mary. Charles lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Also, read Jabez P. Condit, a son, and 
Oscar H. Condit, a grandson, of Aaron 
M. Condit. and Louisa Pierson, are the 
only known male descendants of Major 
Jabez Pierson in the Oranges. 

On page 8, in the note on Amos Free- 
man. Amos Freeman and Mary Crane 
had four sons and four daughters. His 
second son, Deacon Samuel (1780-1835), 
married Catharine Tichenor (1782-1812), 
and second, Mary Tichenor (17S7-1867), 
daughters of John Tichenor (1748-1810) 
of David (1721-1788) of Martin (1688-1732), 
a grandson of Martin, the Newark an- 
cestor. 

Page 9, at the end of note on Cyrus 
Freeman and Eunice Williams add : 
They had three sons and four daughters. 
Jotham Freeman (1782-1839), the second 
son, married Lydia Jones of Cornelius, 
and had two children. Cyrus J. (1S09- 
1867); his wife was Mary Crane, daugh- 



ter of Jeremiah Crane. They lived on 
Center street and had five sons. The 

eldest, Charles Augustus, married 

Belcher. The second son, Alfred Irving, 
died unmarried in 1886. Jotham Free- 
man's second wife was Mary Crane, 
daughter of Phineas Crane (t790-i876). 
Gershom W. Freeman, the youngest son 
of Cyrus, married for his second wife 
Elizabeth (or Eliza) B. Crane. 

On page 10 the note on Daniel Ward 
(1768-1S34) should read : He married first, 
Betsey Parret, the widow of Matthias 
Soverel (1768-1810), father of William P. 
and grandfather of Matthias Soverel. 
By his first wife he had two sons and one 
daughter. By his second wife, Elizabeth 
Squier, one son and a daughter Mary, 
who married Samuel Coryman. 

On page 12, first column, last para- 
graph, read : Ira A., the fifth son of 
Daniel D. Condit, born 1823, married 
Ann Elizabeth Dodd (1824-1875). They 
had three sons and three daughters. 
Hannah L., the widow of Amzi Dodd, 
died in 1875. 

On page 12 Thompson C. Munn's first 
wife's name should be Marilla and not 
Maretta. 










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